Is your community being served? NEWLY RELEASED! Semiannual Report to the Congress (10.1.17 - 3.31.18)

Are you and your community being served by your city, county, State?

Every State, Territory, County, City, jurisdictions, and organizations may be obtaining DHS funding.  Know who, and what those funds are allocated for during the funding phases, before, during, and after a disaster.

      The adage "follow the money" holds true in every community.
       Follow the money as it's requested at the local level.
       Follow the money as it's allocated when approved.

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NEWLY RELEASED! Semiannual Report to the Congress (10.1.17 - 3.31.18)

DHS Office of Inspector General sent this bulletin at 06/04/2018 07:56 PM EDT

News from the Department of Homeland Security OIG Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Semiannual Report to the Congress (SAR) is now available on our website. Our newly released Semiannual Report to the Congress (SAR)highlights the audit, inspection, and investigative activities we have undertaken during the first half of Fiscal Year 2018. In the six month reporting period, October 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018, we issued 59 reports, including management alerts and reports on Disaster Relief Fund spending. We issued 202 unique recommendations to the Department and closed 130 recommendations, issued in this and prior periods, because of the Department’s actions. Our audits resulted in questioned costs of $129,898,737. The Department recovered or deobligated from audits $439,807. We issued 3 reports identifying $72,692,524 in funds put to better use. Additionally, we reported $3,459,877 in recoveries, fines, and restitution from Investigations.   We initiated 577 and closed 423 investigations. Our investigations resulted in 62 arrests,68 indictments, 30 convictions, and 13 personnel actions.   Learn more about these activities and others in our SAR: View our SAR Archives Office of Public Affairs E: dhs-oig.officepublicaffairs@oig.dhs.gov                         OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL l DHS WWW.OIG.DHS.GOV  l TWITTER: @DHSOIG DHS OIG Reports by Category Fiscal Year   2018 DHS Agency     CBP    ICE    FEMA    Management    TSA    USCG    USCIS    USSS  OTHERS    Semiannual Report (SAR)

SURVEY....Take it. Violence and Trauma in our Communities. June 4, 2018

BEMA International members, friends, and associates:

Confidential and anonymous.

Recommend that all (globally) participate in this survey on violence and trauma, specifically violence encountered in the U.S. thru crime, or law enforcement violence in communities.

Review FAQs

CDS

CEO, BEMA International

FAQ What is this study investigating?  We seek to understand the health effects of police violence, particularly when there is no justice for that violence. Who is doing this study? The health researchers are from UCSF and Santa Clara University with the Do No Harm Coalition who have been directly caring for communities affected by police violence. They were requested to do this research by the Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition and Mario Woods’ mother. To take the survey   https://scu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1XERkLvYPGtY4W9   Who can participate in this study?  Anyone over the age of 18 who has been affected or knows someone who has been affected by U.S. law enforcement violence (including police, ICE, FBI, private security guards, border patrol, etc).  Are you targeting specific people?  Data shows that indigenous, Black, Latinx, disabled, mentally ill and poor people are disproportionately targeted by police violence. We hope to amplify these voices. How do I participate?  The study is online here and takes 20-40 minutes to complete. Will I be identified if I take it? Am I safe if I take it?  The survey is confidential and anonymous. We cannot know who you are or where you are. The data is stored behind the university’s firewall.  Is anyone making money off of this study?  This study is entirely unfunded. What will you do with the findings?  We will publish the findings in the medical literature and in the media.  Our aim is to shape policy and public understanding of police violence in order to ensure greater safety and health for all communities. To add your event to our calendar or to work with The Justice Study Street Team, a group of volunteers who attend local events to promote the study, please email: thejusticestudy@gmail.com

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