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HUD OIG OFFICE OF AUDIT Tracey Carney, Acting Regional Inspector General Patrick Bannon, Disaster Recovery Liaison Nikita Irons, Assistant Regional Inspector General 1 Objectives What is HUD OIG? How OIG assists HUD How do we
Tracey Carney, Acting Regional Inspector General Patrick Bannon, Disaster Recovery Liaison Nikita Irons, Assistant Regional Inspector General
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What is HUD OIG?
How OIG assists HUD
How do we select auditees?
HUD programs affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
CDBG disaster funding
Types of audits
Audit resolution
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The HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) was created with the signing of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452). The Act sets out certain authorities that permit the OIG to initiate, carry out, and complete audits and investigations of HUD programs and operations.
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Secretary of HUD.
agency head and to the Congress.
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agency and program participants
documents
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activities relevant to the HUD mission.
public fully and currently informed.
program participants to ensure success of HUD program goals.
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Kenneth Donohue, Inspector General Michael Stephens, Deputy Inspector General James Heist, Assistant Inspector General for Audit Brenda Patterson, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit
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Louisiana Mississippi
Tracey Carney, Acting Regional Inspector General
Patrick Bannon, Disaster Recovery Liaison Nikita Irons, Assistant Regional Inspector General 9 Staff Auditors
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The Office of Audit has been tasked to review HUD’s activities related to Gulf Coast hurricane disaster relief
Coast Region to be the focal point for all audits in the coming years relating to HUD’s relief efforts and to coordinate with other agencies’ OIGs that are involved in the overall effort.
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Strategic Goal 1 – Help HUD resolve its “Major Management Challenges” by being a relevant and problem-solving advisor to the Department. A new major challenge to HUD is addressing disaster relief in response to natural
four objectives.
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Single-Family Insurance Programs.
Payments in the Rental Assistance Programs.
Execution and Accountability of Fiscal Responsibilities.
Issues Raised or Confronted by HUD and OIG’s Stakeholders.
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effectiveness in the administration of HUD’s programs.
HUD programs and operations.
regulations.
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Potential audit areas are developed through:
Discussions with HUD staff Complaints Congressional requests Reviews of proposed legislation, regulations,
and other HUD issuances
High-risk programs
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Funding
Programs have inherent risks as related to fraud, waste, and abuse
Congressional and Presidential interest in the
use of hurricane funds to ensure that they are reaching those who need them.
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Supplemental Funding
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Katrina Disaster Housing Assistance Program
(KDHAP)
$79 Million funded to HUD by FEMA to relocate
almost 102,000 families in PDD
Public Housing Agencies in 44 states accepted
evacuees
Program expired on March 11, 2006 and any
recipients still in this program were transferred to the new Disaster Voucher Program
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Disaster Voucher Program (DVP) – Congress
appropriated $390,000,000 to HUD to implement the program.
Currently assisting 22,413 families These are Portable Section 8 Vouchers Program expires September 30, 2007 Criteria
Living in HUD Rental Assistance Program prior to
Hurricane
Living in emergency shelters and/or homeless
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Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP)
– FEMA initiated rental program
No HUD Public Housing or Section 8
tenants
Up to 45,000 families ($560 Million) Direct payments to families and
landlords
HUD assumed responsibility December 1,
2007
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instances of fraud
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Gulf Coast States
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Major Grant Programs:
Community Development Block Grants The HOME Program Emergency Shelter Grants Housing Opportunity for Person with AIDS
(HOPWA)
National CPD Funding:
FY 2006 Budget = $11 billion FY 2005 Budget = $8 billion
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Over $19 Billion to five Gulf Coast States (until
expended)
Alabama
$ 95,613,574
Florida
$ 182,970,518
Louisiana
$ 13,410,000,000
Mississippi
$ 5,481,221,059
Texas
$ 503,194,849
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fraudulent payments
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Participant eligibility Monitoring/oversight of subrecipients and/or
contractors
Implementation of controls National objectives Eligibility of costs Compliance with grant agreement(s)
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Proper determination of participant eligibility Grantee monitoring of subrecipients and/or
contractors to ensure provision of services
Policies and procedures developed in
accordance with HUD rules/regulations
Implementation of system controls Eligibility of costs (i.e., administrative,
program, etc)
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the audit except in the case of fraud.
an exit conference.
allowed to comment on the findings.
recommendations.
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adequate internal controls
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HUD Handbook 2000.06, REV-3, contains the Department’s comprehensive instructions for the Audits Management System. These instructions clarify audit resolution requirements for recommendations containing costs and final action processing.
At Report Issuance - OIG records the amounts discussed in the findings and recommendations in the system as part of the initial cost entry. At Management Decision - Management must take a position on all costs included in the
recommendation has no management decision. Upon OIG concurrence with the management decision, the amount to be disallowed or allowed must be recorded in the
recommendation to record a management decision unless action on the recommendation is suspended due to judicial, legislative, or investigative actions. If one of these special categories exists, the decision may be recorded without deciding the costs.
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There are four ways to contact the OIG Hotline: You can call us toll-free at: 1-800-347-3735 You can fax us at: 202-708-4829 You can e-mail us at: hotline@hudoig.gov You can write us at: HUD OIG Hotline (GFI) 451 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20410
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