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Date Issued

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CF-0801-001-E

    Ensure that all areas of the properties are inspected, including the roofs and all buildings located on the property that is insured by HUD.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-A
    $281,929
    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 from non-Federal funds the $281,929 in ineligible retroactive housing assistance payments.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-B

    Develop and implement internal control procedures to ensure that housing assistance funds appropriated for 1 calendar year are not used to make retroactive housing assistance payments for prior years.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-C
    $32,682
    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 from non-Federal funds the $32,682 in ineligible housing assistance overpayments made due to program errors.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-D

    Develop and implement internal control procedures to ensure that housing assistance payments resulting from errors of Authority officials are covered by the Authority’s administrative fees.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-E

    Develop and implement internal control procedures to ensure that housing assistance payments are not made to owners without a properly executed lease and housing assistance payments contract.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-F

    Develop and implement internal controls to ensure that housing assistance payments discontinue once a program participant is absorbed into another public housing agency’s program or leaves the program.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-G

    Provide support showing that the repayment of housing assistance overpayments found by the Authority were received.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-002-F

    Work with OCFO to develop a consistent and reasonable methodology for determining the PIH prepayment, which (1) allows for timely recording of financial events, (2) complies with GAAP, and (3) provides an adequate audit trail until the cash management process is automated.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-002-G

    Reopen recommendation 2016-FO-0003-002-D, “Develop a tracking function for the payments advanced to IHBG recipients to facilitate financial reporting and monitoring compliance with grant time restrictions.”

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-008-I
    $765,000
    Funds 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 one identified retained inactive obligation with a remaining balance totaling $765,000 and close out and deobligate amounts tied to obligations that are no longer valid or needed.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-011-A

    For all 32 debts not under repayment agreement, (1) send demand letters for any debts for which a demand letter has not been sent and (2) aggressively work with the PHAs to determine appropriate repayment agreement terms.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-011-B

    Establish procedures to ensure that the debt file is sent to the OCFO DCCO for claim establishment if initial collection attempts prove unsuccessful.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-011-C

    Establish procedures to routinely send all debts (delinquent or not) to OCFO for evaluation as required by the debt collection handbook.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-011-D

    Finalize the repayment agreement procedures and implement training to ensure that all of PIH is aware of the procedures. The repayment agreement procedures should ensure that PIH follows HUD’s debt collection handbook.

Chief Financial Officer

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-001-A

    Implement a repeatable and sustainable process to prepare timely and accurate quarterly financial statement notes, including third and fourth quarter notes within the OMB required timeframe.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-001-B

    Establish policies and procedures for recording the budget authority apportioned to HUD during a continuing resolution, including both the proprietary and budgetary transactions.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-001-C

    Ensure that the budget execution policies and procedures are properly delegated, assigned, and communicated to the personnel fulfilling these responsibilities.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-001-D

    Ensure that the budget execution procedures executed internally by OCFO Budget are consistent with those established by ARC.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-001-E

    Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that intragovernmental differences identified with U.S. Treasury’s General Fund are resolved on a timely basis with corrective action plans.