Excerpt: “GAO found that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not fully meet 10 of the 21 identified statutory requirements for the 2023 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review and accompanying report. Among other elements, DHS did not fully meet requirements for prioritizing missions, providing a budget plan to meet those missions, and issuing the report by the established time frame. For example, DHS was to issue the report every 4 years beginning in fiscal year 2009, however, DHS did not issue a report for 9 years following issuance of its 2014 report. As a result, DHS drafted a new strategic plan during that time without affirming the homeland security priority missions through the review. DHS officials could not explain why DHS did not fully meet the statutory requirements because there is limited documentation of the steps taken for conducting the review. The figure below depicts phases for conducting the review, but DHS documentation does not have details on the processes and procedures for conducting each phase. Developing and documenting processes and procedures for conducting the review could better position DHS to meet all statutory requirements and use timely information in planning its efforts to address constantly evolving homeland security threats.”
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