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The State of Indiana’s Administrator Lacked Adequate Controls Over the State’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program Income and Posting of Quarterly Performance Reports

We audited the State of Indiana’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.  The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2015 annual audit plan.  We selected the State because it received the most program funds under the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009 in Region 5’s1  jurisdiction.  Our objectives were to determine whether the State’s Office of Community and Rural Affairs ensured compliance with the Federal Register regarding the (1) use and reporting of the State’s program

The State of Connecticut Did Not Always Administer Its Neighborhood Stabilization Program in Compliance With HUD Regulations

We audited the State of Connecticut’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) based on the amount of NSP1 funding received.  The State received more than $25 million in NSP1 funds in program year 2009, making it the second highest funded State in New England, and had not recently been audited by the Office of Inspector General.  Our overall audit objective was to determine whether State officials administered the State’s NSP in accordance with U.S.

The City of Miami Beach Did Not Always Properly Administer Its CDBG Program

We audited the City of Miami Beach’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program in accordance with our annual audit plan because it had projects overseen by the same administration questioned in our audit of the City’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program. In addition, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Miami Office of Community Planning and Development ranked the City as high risk in its 2015 risk assessment.

Procurement & Contracting: Five Ground Rules for Grantees and Subrecipients

Goods and services must be procured in an effective manner and in compliance with Federal, State, and local laws.  These laws exist to ensure that funds are awarded through fair and open competition and are spent on eligible and reasonably priced goods and services.  Although the majority of grantees and subrecipients comply with these rules and regulations, we are issuing this bulletin to assist you in identifying potential weaknesses in procurement and contracting procedures.

Colorado Reported Other Disaster Recovery Reimbursements as Non-Federal Match Payments

Establish internal and financial controls to ensure that it allocates, tracks, and reports future non-Federal match costs separately from other disaster recovery costs within the DRGR system for future disasters, which will ensure that at least $1.3 million is correctly reported as other disaster recovery costs rather than as costs that Colorado is using to meet its non-Federal match requirements.