US Customs and Border Protection's Ground Transportation of ...

Appendix BManagement Comments to the Draft Report1300 ""nllsylvmi~ A"enue!':WW~lhillglon. DC 20229~~u.s. Customs ilndBorder ProtectionDccemher 13,2010MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD L. SKINNERINSPECTOR GENERALDI::PARTMENT OF IIOMELAND SECURITYFROM: Assistant Commissioner ~ ..... 1 --o:reDs QOffice of Internal Affairs cr--~' tSUBJECT:U.s. Customs and Border Prot~tion's Response to the Office of InspectorGeneral's Draft Re]Xlrt Entitled, "U.S. Customs and Border Protection'sGround Transportation of Detainees Program"Thank you for providing us with a copy of your draft report entitled ··U.S. Customs and BorderProtl~tion's Ground Transportation of Detainees Program." dated November 2010. We appreciate theopportunity to revie\\ and respond to the report. The report llddresses the effectiveness of U.S.Customs and Border Protection's (CBI') efforts to create a plan to provide efficient groundtransportation for detainees.After careful review, we believe the draft report docs not acknowledge some of the significant cffortson the part ofthe Transportation Program Management Office (1'11.10). thereby negativel) skewing thebalance and tone of the report. For example. the Office of Inspector General (O[G) concluded thatCBp docs not have a comprehensive approlleh for determining transportation needs lind that COP didnot provide adequate oversight ofthe Tr.msportation PMO. The Transportation PMO adhered tof)epartmenl ofllomcland Security (DHS) acquisition program management policy and guidance. Insupport orlhis process. the Transportation I'MO developed an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) Stud}Plan that \,as endorsed by the Executiv