We audited the Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) monitoring and oversight of the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program. The objective of the audit was to determine whether CPD had effectively and efficiently designed its CDBG-DR program requirements and monitoring to ensure that the grantees meet statutory and other Federal low- and moderate-income (LMI) requirements. Generally, CPD had effectively and efficiently designed its CDBG-DR program requirements and monitoring to ensure that the grantees met the various LMI requirements. Almost all (98 percent) of the closed grants met the requirements, and a majority (80 percent) of the active grants were meeting the requirements. Of the 193 grants reviewed, 1 closed grant did not meet the requirements, and 28 active grants needed to budget funds to meet the requirements. We identified opportunities for CPD to improve its monitoring and oversight of its grantees’ compliance with the requirements, such as (1) including an additional overall LMI benefit calculation in quarterly performance reports (QPRs) and (2) establishing budgeting benchmarks. If CPD implements the recommended improvements, it could potentially prevent other grants from becoming noncompliant and reduce the number of grantees that need to budget sufficient funds to LMI activities. The changes could also improve the accuracy of reporting.
| Report Date | Agency Reviewed / Investigated | Report Title | Type | Location | |
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| Department of Housing and Urban Development | CDBG-DR Program Generally Met Low- and Moderate-Income Requirements | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | Financial Audit of GOAL Under Multiple USAID Agreements for the Year Ended December 31, 2019 | Other |
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| U.S. Agency for International Development | Financial Audit of USAID Resources Managed by Pakachere Institute for Health and Development Communication in Malawi Under Multiple Awards, March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2022 | Other |
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| Department of Health & Human Services | State Agencies Did Not Always Ensure That Children Missing From Foster Care Were Reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Accordance With Federal Requirements | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of Homeland Security | Secret Service and ICE Did Not Always Adhere to Statute and Policies Governing Use of Cell-Site Simulators – Law Enforcement Sensitive | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of Justice | Investigative Summary: Finding of Misconduct by an FBI Management and Program Analyst for Unauthorized Communications with Members of the Media, for Disclosing Sensitive Information to a Reporter, for Lack of Candor, and for Accepting Prohibited Gifts | Investigation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of Justice | Recommendations Issued by the Office of the Inspector General That Were Not Closed as of January 31, 2023 | Other | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of Homeland Security | Violations of ICE Detention Standards at Richwood Correctional Center in Monroe, Louisiana | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of the Interior | Status of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation’s Properties and Land Use Agreements | Review | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Export-Import Bank | Independent Audit on the Effectiveness of EXIM’s Information Security - Fiscal Year 2022 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
