Federal Reports

Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012, caused billions of dollars in damages on the eastern seaboard, including about $39.6 million in total costs and damages to the U.S. Postal Service. In the wake of this national disaster, we assessed the Postal Service’s efforts to protect employees, mail, and other assets in the storm’s immediate aftermath and whether the Postal Service’s Address Management System (AMS) could benefit other agencies in response to future national emergencies. The AMS contains a National Change of Address process that allows customers to update their addresses.

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements

The audit objectives were to determine whether program funds were managed in accordance with the ARC and Federal grant requirements

Older grants approved for which no disbursements have been reported or for which no recent disbursements were reported.

ARC continued its emphasis on follow-up on ARC administered grants with limited disbursements of ARC funds

In 2010, the ARC Code was amended to permit the basic agency function for the administration of ARC construction grants to be exercised for ARC by State agencies that are experienced in the management of federally funded construction projects in the same manner as Basic (Child) agencies administer ARC construction related grants.

ARC has initiated actions to emphasize and include performance measures with respect to LDD and TA grants