文档介绍：OFFICE OF IN SPECTOR GENERAL Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 / For more information visit our website, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Information Contact: Wednes day, September 24 , 201 4 Public Affairs (202) 254 -4100 Inspector General Roth Responds to GAO Report Stressing that “we are a far anization than we were last year,” Inspector General John Roth has responded to a review by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The GAO report, “DHS OIG’s Structure, Policies and Procedures are Consistent With Standards, but Areas for Improvement Exist,” was ordered by Congress. It noted that the OIG’s structure, roles and responsibilities are generally consistent with the Inspecto r General Act, and that the office has made recent changes to its structure to enhance independence and oversight. “anizations are static, and that is especially true of DHS OIG in the last six months,” Roth wrote in a September 8, 2014, letter to Asif A. Khan, GAO’s Director of Financial Management and Assurance. “Many of your observations involve the former Acting IG/Deputy IG (an individual who is no longer a DHS OIG employee), and the criminal mitted by former employees in our McAllen, Texas, field office (who have been criminally prosecuted and likewise no longer employed by DHS OIG).