U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government Here’s how you know

The .gov means it’s official.

Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

The site is secure.

The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Export
Date Issued

Public and Indian Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-001-E
    $64,150
    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.

    Support the eligibility of the $64,150 for accounting services charged to the Housing Choice Voucher Program that applied to other Authority programs (including offsetting the amount by applicable reimbursements) or repay the Program from the other applicable programs as appropriate or from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-002-A
    $340,701
    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.

    Support the reasonableness of the $340,701 Casterline contracts or repay the Housing Choice Voucher Program any amount that cannot be supported using non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-002-B
    $33,415
    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.

    Support the reasonableness of the $33,415 Genesis contract or repay any amount that cannot be supported from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-002-C

    Establish and implement additional procedures and controls to ensure that City personnel responsible for administering procurement on the Authority’s behalf follow procurement and contracting requirements and maintain applicable supporting documentation in accordance with HUD requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-003-A
    $5,648
    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.

    Repay the Housing Choice Voucher Program $5,648 from non-Federal funds for the unallowable expenses.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-003-B

    Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that ineligible food costs are not charged to the Program.

Chief Procurement Officer

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-FO-0003-004-D

    Assign independent, contract officers to review and certify the initiating contract buyer’s compliance with policies for initiating and authorizing interagency agreements and later modifications for all amounts in accordance with Acquisition Instruction 13-07, HUD Contracting Officers.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-FO-0003-004-E

    Ensure that contracting officers and OCPO field offices review and follow the records management policies and procedures, including completing and signing Forms 7600A and 7600B, to ensure consistency among contract officers approving interagency agreements in the procurement system of record.

Public and Indian Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-01

    Refer troubled PHAs directly to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing when they have not met the 1- or 2-year recovery requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-02

    Ensure that referrals to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing recommend only recovery options allowed by the law and regulations.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-03

    Update training to include the actions that PIH must take when a troubled PHA does not meet the 1- or 2-year recovery requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-04

    Provide training on remedies for long-term troubled PHAs to All PIH staff members who routinely interact with troubled PHAs.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-05

    Submit an annual troubled PHAs report to congress in accordance with the statute.

Chief Procurement Officer

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-0001-001-A

    Implement a process to periodically audit or reconcile ARC’s records.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-0001-001-B

    Implement a process to periodically review approving officials’ span of control to ensure that the requirement is not exceeded.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-0001-001-C

    Implement a process with ARC to ensure that cardholders and approving officials are notified before purchase card training is due to allow training to be completed in a timely manner.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-0001-001-D

    Implement a process to ensure that purchase cards are suspended when a cardholder or approving official fails to complete training.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-0001-001-E

    Research why ARC provided incomplete monthly transactional data and identify a solution to ensure the completeness of future transmissions.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-0001-002-A

    Enhance the process to periodically analyze data for split transactions or improper MCCs and follow up on any potential issues identified.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-0001-002-B

    Require ARC to update its MCC tracking log, to include the amount, the date of MCC override removal, and staff assigned, to ensure that an override is removed after the approved purchase is made.