Correct the impact of all the modeling errors that we identified in this report.
2018-FO-0003 | Febrero 12, 2018
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2017 and 2016 (Restated)
Housing
- Status2018-FO-0003-001-FOpenClosed
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-AOpenClosed$270,747,281Funds Put to Better Use
Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.
Ensure that the $270.7 million identified as invalid obligations in fiscal year 2017 is deobligated as appropriate.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-BOpenClosed
Develop and implement policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that he obligation is recognized when the loan guarantee commitment or the direct loan obligation is made and the subsidy cost expense is recognized when the loan is endorsed for loan guarantees and when the loan is disbursed for direct loans.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-COpenClosed
Develop and implement a reconciliation process to ensure that the information in various systems is consistent for all accounting events.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-DOpenClosed
Develop and implement (1) a methodology to estimate accrued liabilities for property contracts to account for expenses that had been incurred by contractors but not billed and (2) a process to ensure that an audit trail exists for identifying accruals in the general ledger.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-EOpenClosed
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that the reasonableness and appropriateness of the quarterly supplemental claims accrual estimation methodology is periodically reviewed.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-FOpenClosed
Develop and implement policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that the reported current-year endorsements in HERMIT and SFHEDW agree with the current-year endorsements in CHUMS.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-GOpenClosed
Strengthen existing internal control to ensure that amounts reported on the financial statements agree with the appropriate supporting documentation.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-HOpenClosed
Restate the fiscal year 2016 financial statement notes to correct the inaccurate loan guarantee amounts reported by FHA.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-IOpenClosed
Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that management reviews and approves changes in the reestimate workbook before they are implemented and maintains documentation to support the rationale for making changes in the reestimate workbook.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-JOpenClosed
Correct the presentation error related to the allocation of reestimates in FHA’s fiscal year 2017 financial statements.
- Status2018-FO-0003-002-KOpenClosed
Assess whether prior-year financial statements need to be restated to correct the impact of the presentation error in the allocation of reestimates identified in fiscal year 2017.
2018-DP-0002 | Febrero 12, 2018
Review of Information Systems Controls Over FHA
Chief Information Officer
- Status2018-DP-0002-002-COpenClosedSensitiveSensitive
Sensitive information refers to information that could have a damaging import if released to the public and, therefore, must be restricted from public disclosure.
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
- Status2018-DP-0002-002-DOpenClosedSensitiveSensitive
Sensitive information refers to information that could have a damaging import if released to the public and, therefore, must be restricted from public disclosure.
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
- Status2018-DP-0002-002-EOpenClosedSensitiveSensitive
Sensitive information refers to information that could have a damaging import if released to the public and, therefore, must be restricted from public disclosure.
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
- Status2018-DP-0002-002-FOpenClosedSensitiveSensitive
Sensitive information refers to information that could have a damaging import if released to the public and, therefore, must be restricted from public disclosure.
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
2018-PH-1001 | Febrero 11, 2018
The Fairmont-Morgantown Housing Authority, Fairmont, WV, Did Not Always Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program in Accordance With Applicable Program Requirements
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-PH-1001-001-AOpenClosed$4,920,685Questioned 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.
Conduct criminal record background checks in accordance with its policies and procedures to ensure that adult members of households for whom the Authority made housing assistance payments totaling $4,920,685 were eligible to participate in the program or repay its program from non-Federal funds for any amount that it cannot support. If the participants are deemed ineligible, the Authority should follow applicable regulations to terminate or modify assistance.
- Status2018-PH-1001-001-BOpenClosed
Develop and implement controls to ensure that criminal records checks are conducted, according to policy, at application and when family composition changes.
- Status2018-PH-1001-001-COpenClosed$19,520Questioned 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.
Repay its program $19,520 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible housing assistance payments made.
- Status2018-PH-1001-001-DOpenClosed
Correct the errors in the files of the noncitizen families identified by the audit.