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Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-1003-001-D
    $219,330
    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.

    Require the Authority and Majestic Management to reimburse from non-Federal funds the $109,665 in ineligible expenses that Majestic Management charged to the projects.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-1003-001-E

    Require the Authority and Majestic Management to repay any excessive annual leave that Majestic Management paid to its employees from project funds when its contract terminated in 2017.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-1003-002-A

    Require the Authority to provide training on procurement requirements in public housing to all Majestic Management employees working at the projects.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-1003-002-B
    $974,844
    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.

    Require the Authority and Majestic Management to support that the $487,422 spent on goods and services for the projects was a reasonable cost and the goods and services were procured from eligible vendors or repay the projects from non-Federal funds.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-1003-002-C

    Require the Authority to review all other payments to the sampled vendors to confirm that the costs were reasonable and the goods and services were procured from eligible vendors or repay the projects from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-1003-003-A

    Require the Authority to monitor Majestic Management to ensure that the recent training was effective and the new checklist is in use and effective.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-1003-003-B
    $152
    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.

    Require the Authority to recompute the rents for the households noted above and as necessary for errors made by Majestic Management, reimburse tenants for overcharged rent from operating funds or rent credit, and enter into repayment agreements with tenants if they were undercharged based on nondisclosure of income.

Chief Financial Officer

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0009-001-A

    Develop and implement adequate written policies to ensure that cardholders obtain appropriate authorizations to support charges to their government travel cards and establish a process for submitting a written request to OCFO for a merchant code unblock.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0009-001-B

    Develop and implement written policies to ensure that program offices adequately follow up on identified questionable charges and inform OCFO of significant travel card violations when they are identified.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0009-001-C
    $555,337
    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.

    Review the identified 3,160 transactions totaling $555,337 to determine whether they were for official government travel. If they were not for official travel, OCFO should determine whether the cardholders paid the credit bill for the improper charges, request reimbursement when applicable, and take all other appropriate actions.

General Counsel

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-1006-001-A
    $2,019,496
    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.

    Provide documentation to show that payroll costs totaling $2,019,496 and any payroll costs incurred outside our audit period, including fiscal year 2017, were reasonable and necessary expenses for the operation of the project or repay the project from nonproject funds for any amount that it cannot support.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-1006-001-B
    $56,021
    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.

    Provide documentation to show that other direct costs totaling $56,021 and any direct costs incurred outside our audit period, including fiscal year 2017, were reasonable and necessary expenses for the operation of the project or repay the project from nonproject funds for any amount that it cannot support.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-1006-001-C

    Develop and implement controls to ensure that the project complies with the regulatory agreement and applicable HUD requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-1006-002-D

    Pursue civil money penalties and administrative sanctions, as appropriate, against the owner and its parent company and their principals for their part in the violations cited in this report.

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-1006-001-D

    Provide training and technical assistance to the owner and its management agent to ensure compliance with the terms of its regulatory agreement and applicable HUD requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-1006-002-A

    Submit a project owner’s or management agent’s certification for identity-of-interest agents, a management entity profile, a management plan, and other required documentation for review and approval.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-1006-002-B
    $402,975
    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.

    Request retroactive approval of the fees paid to the identity-of-interest entity totaling $402,975 and any fees incurred outside our audit period, including fiscal year 2017, when submitting the project owner’s or management agent’s certification for identity-of-interest agents in response to recommendation 2A. If the request is not approved retroactively, the owner should repay the project from nonproject funds for the amount that was not approved.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-1006-002-C

    Evaluate the owner’s capability to effectively manage the project and consider whether independent professional management services are needed.

General Counsel

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-LA-1802-001-E

    Determine legal sufficiency and if legally sufficient, pursue civil and administrative remedies, civil money penalties, or both against SecurityNational, its principals, or both for incorrectly certifying to the eligibility for FHA mortgage insurance or that due diligence was exercised during the origination of FHA loans.

Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-PH-0002-001-A

    Clarify that if a State receives a disaster recovery grant and chooses to certify that its procurement process is equivalent to Federal procurement standards, “equivalent” means that its procurement process fully aligns with, or meets the intent of, each of the Federal procurement standards at 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.326.