Track and ensure that Volunteers returns to the Treasury any funds recovered through the ongoing litigation pertaining to the Yabucoa housing project.
2018-AT-1802 | December 28, 2017
Yabucoa Housing Project, Yabucoa Volunteers of America Elderly Housing, Inc., Yabucoa, PR, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program
Housing
- Status2018-AT-1802-001-AOpenClosed
- Status2018-AT-1802-001-BOpenClosed$1,440,165Funds 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.
Deobligate and recapture $1,440,165 in undrawn Section 202 funds assigned to the project.
- Status2018-AT-1802-001-COpenClosed$140,000Questioned 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 Volunteers to reimburse to the United States Treasury $140,000 from non-Federal funds for ineligible project construction costs charged to the Section 202 project.
- Status2018-AT-1802-001-DOpenClosed$1,057,467Questioned 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.
Return to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing $1,057,467, plus any interest earned, for the duplicate special escrow fund payments it received.
2018-CH-0001 | December 21, 2017
HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Grants Funded Through Its Resident Home-Ownership Program
Housing
- Status2018-CH-0001-001-AOpenClosed
Conduct onsite management reviews of the projects to supplement the onsite use restriction agreement compliance monitoring reviews to ensure that the projects are operated in accordance with HUD’s requirements.
- Status2018-CH-0001-001-BOpenClosed
Work with the Office of Multifamily Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight to develop and issue guidance on requirements in the grant and use agreements that would benefit the grantees’ board members and staff of the projects’ management agents.
2018-DP-0001 | December 14, 2017
Information System Controls Over the Ginnie Mae Financial Accounting System
Government National Mortgage Association
- Status2018-DP-0001-001-AOpenClosedSensitiveSensitive
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-0001-001-BOpenClosedSensitiveSensitive
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-0001-001-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-0001-001-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-0001-001-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-0001-001-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.
- Status2018-DP-0001-001-GOpenClosedSensitiveSensitive
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-FO-0004 | November 14, 2017
Additional Details To Supplement Our Fiscal Years 2017 and 2016 (Restated) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Financial Statement Audit
Housing
- Status2018-FO-0004-008-FOpenClosed$45,423,522Funds 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.
Deobligate all obligations marked for deobligation during the departmentwide OOR, including as much as $42,491,202 in 581 administrative obligations and $2,932,320 in 12 program obligations marked for deobligation as of September 30, 2017.
- Status2018-FO-0004-008-GOpenClosed$56,435,559Funds 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.
Review the 84 identified inactive retained obligations with remaining balances totaling $56,435,559 and close out and deobligate amounts tied to obligations that are no longer valid or needed.
- Status2018-FO-0004-008-HOpenClosed$104,131,873Funds 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.
Review and if necessary deobligate the 40 and 30 expired or inactive Section 236 and Section 202-811 projects totaling $17,416,572 and $86,715,301, respectively.
Government National Mortgage Association
- Status2018-FO-0004-001-FOpenClosed
Develop standard operating procedures for implementing accounting changes, including steps to assess the appropriate impact on each treasury account symbol.
- Status2018-FO-0004-001-GOpenClosed
Review all of Ginnie Mae’s TAS’s to determine the appropriate accounting treatment for anticipated collections, make the appropriate adjustments as determined necessary, apply this process going forward, and make restatements if necessary. The CFO should ensure that the accounting treatment follows the USSGL guidance through all phases of the anticipated collection (before collection and after collection).
- Status2018-FO-0004-008-SOpenClosed$34,814,053Funds 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.
Deobligate all obligations marked for deobligation during Ginnie Mae’s open obligation review, including as much as $34,814,053 in eight contract obligations marked for deobligation.
- Status2018-FO-0004-010-AOpenClosed
Notify OCFO to disregard Ginnie Mae’s previously provided FMFIA and FFMIA assurance statements and issue corrected FMFIA and financial management system OMB A-123, appendix D (FFMIA), assurance statements that reflect Ginnie Mae’s noncompliance with FFMIA.