Submit supporting documentation showing that contracts and purchase orders complied with Federal and its own procurement requirements and that these were reasonable and necessary costs or cancel the $361,501 in unpaid obligations related to CDBG-DR funds.
2020-AT-1002 | March 16, 2020
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing, San Juan, PR, Should Strengthen Its Capacity To Administer Its Disaster Grants
Community Planning and Development
- Status2020-AT-1002-002-BOpenClosed$361,501Funds 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.
- Status2020-AT-1002-002-COpenClosed
Revise and finalize the procurement procedures to ensure compliance with applicable Federal requirements, including but not limited to procedures to ensure full and open competition, supporting independent cost estimates, properly documenting the procurement history, and including required clauses in contracts, among other issues.
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 Procurement Officer
- Status2020-FO-0003-004-DOpenClosed
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.
- Status2020-FO-0003-004-EOpenClosed
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.
Community Planning and Development
- Status2020-FO-0003-001-OOpenClosed
Collaborate with OCFO to review methodologies used to produce grant accrual estimates, to include testing and verification of the resulting accrual estimates.
- Status2020-FO-0003-003-AOpenClosed
Implement information security controls over the Section 108 loan guarantee database that prevent and detect unauthorized changes to program data (or implement an updated Section 108 loan guarantee database with information security controls that prevent and detect unauthorized changes to program data).
2020-KC-0001 | January 31, 2020
HUD’s Purchase Card Program Had Inaccurate Records, Untimely Training, and Improper Purchases
Chief Procurement Officer
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-AOpenClosed
Implement a process to periodically audit or reconcile ARC’s records.
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-BOpenClosed
Implement a process to periodically review approving officials’ span of control to ensure that the requirement is not exceeded.
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-COpenClosed
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.
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-DOpenClosed
Implement a process to ensure that purchase cards are suspended when a cardholder or approving official fails to complete training.
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-EOpenClosed
Research why ARC provided incomplete monthly transactional data and identify a solution to ensure the completeness of future transmissions.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-AOpenClosed
Enhance the process to periodically analyze data for split transactions or improper MCCs and follow up on any potential issues identified.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-BOpenClosed
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.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-COpenClosed
Implement a process with Citibank and ARC to provide global notifications to cardholders and approving officials before autoclosures of credit card statements.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-DOpenClosed
Implement a process to suspend cardholders or approving officials who repeatedly cause HUD to pay interest.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-EOpenClosed$1,807Questioned 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.
Obtain supporting documentation for the $1,807 spent on two cardholders’ purchase cards or require the vendors or cardholders to repay the funds to the applicable HUD program.
2020-LA-1001 | January 31, 2020
Community Action North Bay, Fairfield, CA, Did Not Administer Its Continuum of Care Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Community Planning and Development
- Status2020-LA-1001-001-AOpenClosed$577,670Questioned 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 that it met its $161,957 matching contribution required for the $647,827 it drew down for expenses related to its four HUD-funded programs. If the Community cannot provide support, it should reimburse HUD $577,6707 from non-Federal funds.
- Status2020-LA-1001-001-BOpenClosed
Develop and implement written policies and procedures to ensure that it maintains documentation to support matching contributions received in compliance with HUD requirements.
- Status2020-LA-1001-001-COpenClosed$15,163Questioned 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 HUD $15,163 from non-Federal funds for the rental assistance provided to five ineligible individuals.
- Status2020-LA-1001-001-DOpenClosed$26,676Questioned 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 11 individuals who received rental assistance through its rapid rehousing program or repay HUD $26,676 from non-Federal funds.