U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology Fiscal Year 2011 Expenditure Plan
GAO-12-106R
Published: Nov 17, 2011. Publicly Released: Nov 17, 2011.
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This letter is the formal response to a mandate in the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011. This mandate required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to (1) update its Fiscal Year 2010 expenditure plan on border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology (BSFIT) for fiscal year 2011 budget authority and (2) submit the updated plan to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The plan is to address 10 legislative conditions in the fiscal year 2010 DHS appropriations act and be reviewed by GAO. DHS submitted an updated plan to Congress on September 8, 2011. As required by the act, we reviewed the plan.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| United States Customs and Border Protection | To provide the Congress with the best information possible on the status and proposed expenditures of the programs described in any future BSFIT expenditure plan, the Secretary of Homeland Security should enhance the expenditure plan by ensuring that explanations are included for all required legislative conditions that are not fully addressed. |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provided the Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology (BSFIT) Fiscal Year 2012 Expenditure Plan to GAO on June 25, 2012. The Fiscal Year 2012 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (Public Law 112-74) required DHS to submit a detailed plan for expenditures to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees by March 22, 2012, before it could obligate $60 million of the $400 million appropriated for BSFIT. As there were no further legislative conditions pertaining to the content of the expenditure plan, we are closing this recommendation as implemented.
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| United States Customs and Border Protection | To provide the Congress with the best information possible on the status and proposed expenditures of the programs described in any future BSFIT expenditure plan, the Secretary of Homeland Security should enhance the expenditure plan by ensuring that required certification memoranda include descriptions of the review processes used for the certifications along with references to supporting documentation for each relevant BSFIT-funded program. |
The Fiscal Year 2012 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (Public Law 112-74) does not require the Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology (BSFIT) Fiscal Year 2012 Expenditure Plan to include certification memoranda. As such, we are closing this recommendation as implemented.
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