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REPORTAR FRAUDE, DESPERDICIO O ABUSO
  • Recommendation Number: 2013-NY-1010-001-A
  • Status: Open
  • Date Issued: Septiembre 26, 2013

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to expend or reprogram to other eligible program activities the $2,451,645 in CDBG program income maintained in the City’s community development bank accounts as of June 30, 2013, so the City can assure HUD that these funds have been put to better use.

Publication Report

2013-NY-1010 | Septiembre 26, 2013

The City of Auburn, NY Community Development Block Grant Program

We audited the City of Auburn, NY’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program based on an Office of Inspector General risk analysis that considered the amount of funding the City had available to expend.  The objectives of the audit were to... más

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Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2013-NY-1010-001-D
    $177,923.00
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Summary

    We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to Provide documentation to justify the $177,923 unsupported difference between the City’s CDBG program income balance in IDIS and its bank account balances as of June 30, 2013. Any portion of the unsupported difference determined to be ineligible should be reimbursed from non-Federal funds.