FEMA should not have awarded the City and S&W Board the initial $785 million, or the additional $1.25 billion to complete the repairs to damaged infrastructure, because the damages were not eligible for Federal disaster assistance funding. Even though FEMA attributed the damages to the water distribution system directly to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, we concluded that FEMA did not have sufficient documentation to support its decision. In fact, evidence shows that the infrastructure was old and in poor condition even before the hurricanes.Eligibility for FEMA funding requires that damages be the direct result of the declared disaster, and it is the applicant’s responsibility to show that the damages are disaster-related.FEMA should disallow $2.04 billion—the initial award of $785 million, plus the additional $1.25 billion award.
| Report Date | Agency Reviewed / Investigated | Report Title | Type | Location | |
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| Department of Homeland Security | FEMA Should Disallow $2.04 Billion Approved for New Orleans Infrastructure Repairs | Disaster Recovery Report |
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| Social Security Administration | Single Audit of the Government of the District of Columbia for the Fiscal year Ended September 30, 2016 | Audit |
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| AmeriCorps | Allegation of Prohibited Activity – Unfounded | Investigation |
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| Department of the Interior | Verification Review of Recommendations for the Report Titled “U.S. Geological Survey’s Ethics Program,” (CR-IS-GSV-0006-2014) | Other | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Internal Revenue Service | The Internal Revenue Service Has Not Used Critical Position Pay Authority to Hire Employees | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| AmeriCorps | Management Alert: CNCS Continues to Pay Invoices Without Adequate Oversight of Labor Charges, in Violation of Federal Acquisition Regulations and CNCS’s Response to Audit Report No. 14-09. | Other | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of the Treasury | STATE SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE: Oklahoma's Use of Federal Funds for Its Venture Capital Programs | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of Defense | Under-Vehicle Force Protection Requirement for the Army Paladin Integrated Management Program | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Department of State | Evaluation of the Department of State's Security Clearance Process | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | Audit of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ Investment Adviser Examination Completion Process, Report No. 541 | Audit | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
