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U.S. Agency for International Development
Financial Audit of the Promoting Citizen Participation in the Electoral Process and Policy Debate Project in El Salvador Managed by Fundacin Dr. Guillermo Manuel Ungo, Cooperative Agreement 519-A-17-00004, for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021
Financial Audit of Sindh Municipal Services Delivery Program in Pakistan Managed by the Government of Sindh Planning and Development Department, Grant 391-PEPA-DG-S-MSP-2011-01, July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020
Financial Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of USAID Awards for the Institutionalization of the Health Leadership and Governance Program in the Philippines, Managed by Zuellig Family Foundation, Inc., July 3, 2017, to December 31, 2019
Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Engicon Co., Management Engineering Services Contract-PHASE ll Non-Revenue Water Project in Jordan, Contract AID-278-C-17-00002, January 2 to December 31, 2020
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act program.Our audit objective was to determine what challenges grantees faced in using program funds for activities that prepare for, prevent, or respond to the coronavirus and its impact. We used a survey questionnaire to gather feedback and insight directly from 1,047 program grantees. As of July 30, 2022, grantees had drawn more than $1.79 billion, or 36 percent, of the $4.99 billion in program funds. We performed this audit to provide HUD, the public, and Congress with insight into the challenges that impacted the grantees in using program funds.Grantees responding to our survey questionnaire identified many challenges they were facing in using program funds for activities that prepare for, prevent, or respond to the coronavirus and its impact. Specifically, grantees reported facing challenges in (1) managing multiple funding sources, (2) spending program funds within required timeframes, and (3) meeting program objectives and requirements.Grantees attributed these conditions to capacity issues, HUD’s program rules and regulations, and other competing CARES Act application and expenditure deadlines. As a result, program funds are at risk of being recaptured if not spent by the designated deadlines to provide help to those impacted by the pandemic or for activities that prepare for, prevent, or respond to the coronavirus.We recommend that the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development consider looking into (1) extending the spending deadline and (2) streamlining program requirements.
ERS’ Data Product Review Council (DRPC) reviews are designed to evaluate ERS data products’ adherence to six Office of Management and Budget quality standards and attributes; however, ERS has not performed a DPRC review since July 2019.
