In coordination with each program office, identify the possible debts that could arise from normal business and monitoring activities and create a listing of these scenarios. Based on this listing, implement control activities to ensure that all debts that result from these activities are considered in financial reporting, U.S. Department of the Treasury reporting, and debt collection activities.
2020-FO-0003 | February 07, 2020
Additional Details To Supplement Our Fiscal Year 2019 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Financial Statements Audit
Chief Financial Officer
- Status2020-FO-0003-001-HOpenClosed
- Status2020-FO-0003-001-IOpenClosed
Develop and implement a procedure that requires OCFO to identify and research all debts that are more than 120 days old to ensure (1) validity, (2) that proper debt collection efforts occur, and (3) that the status reported in the TROR is correct according to Treasury’s TROR requirements.
- Status2020-FO-0003-001-JOpenClosed
Review the 76 sustained audit receivables not under repayment agreement totaling $59.6 million to determine validity and ensure that debt collection procedures are followed if applicable, to include (1) issuing demand letters, (2) creating repayment agreements if appropriate, and (3) referring delinquent debt or initiating writeoffs as appropriate. For all receivables determined to be valid, ensure that they are accurately reported to Treasury in the quarterly TROR. For all receivables determined to be invalid, remove the receivables from HUD’s accounts receivable balance.
- Status2020-FO-0003-001-KOpenClosed
Develop and implement standard operating procedures for calculating and reporting HUD’s quarterly allowance for loss based on periodic evaluation of each type of HUD’s accounts receivables in accordance with GAAP. The procedures should also include steps to ensure proper note disclosure for significant classes of accounts receivables.
- Status2020-FO-0003-001-LOpenClosed
Reassess HUD’s SFFAS 50 implementation by correcting HUD’s IUS PP&E opening balance instead of the yearend balances and recognize capitalized IUS development, maintenance, and enhancement costs incurred during fiscal year 2019. If not reassessed, provide auditable documentation supporting the application of the methodology used supporting HUD’s assertion that the IUS zero balance valuation complies with SFFAS 50 and FASAB Technical Release 18 implementation guidance.
- Status2020-FO-0003-001-MOpenClosed
Reevaluate capitalization and useful life thresholds included in HUD’s PP&E policy to ensure that they are comparable based on HUD’s funding level and size of operations and in accordance with capitalization thresholds and useful life requirements for leasehold improvements according to SFFAS 6 PP&E.
- Status2020-FO-0003-001-NOpenClosed
Recognize unrecorded assets and liabilities related to leasehold improvements and make proper disclosures regarding HUD’s leasehold improvement liability in the financial statements and notes.
- Status2020-FO-0003-002-AOpenClosed
Implement a procedure to periodically, not less than annually, review HUD’s funds from dedicated collections to ensure that those funds fulfill the criteria established by FASAB. Additionally, update HUD’s financial reporting standard operating procedures with this new periodic review.
- Status2020-FO-0003-002-BOpenClosed
Collaborate with Treasury to correct the reporting type code for the funds associated with RAD to ensure that the reporting type code within HUD’s GTAS file reflects the correct reporting type.
- Status2020-FO-0003-002-COpenClosed
Update all financial statement note checklists to include a review for completeness with the accounting standards and OMB Circular A-136.
- Status2020-FO-0003-004-AOpenClosed
Develop a formal enterprise risk management policy for program offices’ risk owners, including guidance for completing the annual risk profile refresh, requirements for completing risk mitigation strategies, and reporting risk mitigation progress to the Risk Management Council
- Status2020-FO-0003-004-BOpenClosed
Execute system code requests, including new program-level class and code, CAM 1 codes, in accordance with internal OCFO system standard operating procedures. Specifically, the CFO system code coordinator should verify that OCFO budget officers and program budget officers provide adequate documentation showing that the new CAM1 code is covered by an approved funds control matrix or sufficient justification for not requiring a funds control matrix.
2019-OE-0001 | February 04, 2020
HUD Has Not Referred Troubled Public Housing Agencies as the Law and Regulations Require
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2019-OE-0001-01OpenClosed
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.
- Status2019-OE-0001-02OpenClosed
Ensure that referrals to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing recommend only recovery options allowed by the law and regulations.
- Status2019-OE-0001-03OpenClosed
Update training to include the actions that PIH must take when a troubled PHA does not meet the 1- or 2-year recovery requirements.
- Status2019-OE-0001-04OpenClosed
Provide training on remedies for long-term troubled PHAs to All PIH staff members who routinely interact with troubled PHAs.
- Status2019-OE-0001-05OpenClosed
Submit an annual troubled PHAs report to congress in accordance with the statute.
2020-KC-0002 | January 31, 2020
HUD’s Travel Cards Were Used for Illegal, Improper, or Erroneous Purchases and Were Not Always Used When Required
Chief Financial Officer
- Status2020-KC-0002-001-AOpenClosed
Suspend the travel cards for 35 employees who made 166 improper, illegal, or erroneous purchases, if warranted based on the nature of misuse, and coordinate with the related program offices, the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, and the Office of Employee Labor Relations to take appropriate disciplinary actions against these employees and their supervisors who did not follow up on the monitoring reports.
- Status2020-KC-0002-001-BOpenClosed
Ensure that ARC has properly updated the monitoring report criteria to include transaction categories that were previously missing from the monitoring reports.
- Status2020-KC-0002-001-COpenClosed
Coordinate with the Office of Employee Labor Relations and the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer to update HUD’s travel card policy with the table of penalties and disciplinary actions for travel card misuse and provide the updated policy and tiered instructions for disciplinary actions to administrative officers and approving officials.