February 4, 2010 – House Subcommittee on Management, Investigations & Oversight, Committee on Homeland Security, Hearing: Furthering the Mission or Having Fun: Lax Travel Policies Costs DHS Millions – the Statement of Carlton Mann, Assistant Inspector General, Office of Inspections.
“DHS officials were unable to produce precise and consistent numbers on conference spending. For example, related conference expenses in the financial management systems throughout the department are not differentiated from other costs incurred. Therefore, direct reporting from the program offices and manual review of documentation were necessary in each component. Often, information was not maintained in a manner to facilitate proper examination, tracking of actual conference costs, or identification of a sponsoring entity. As a result, most responses we received from DHS components contained missing data and had discrepancies. For FY 2007 conferences, sponsorship information was often incomplete or inaccurate. In essence, the data received for FYs 20052007 were unreliable, unverifiable, and contained little assurance that components properly tracked or accounted for all conferences and related costs.”
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