Open Recommendations

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to reimburse $11,289 (the difference between the contract paid price of $33,638 and the lesser calculated cost of $ 22,349) from non-Federal funds to HUD for transmission to the U.S. Treasury for the cost savings cited in this finding.

Recommendation is not publicly available.

Recommendation is not publicly available.

Establish and implement procedures to reassess the safe harbor percentage and rates periodically to ensure that they are reasonable. HUD should retain the documentation justifying the calculation of those percentages and rates. In addition, HUD should assess the feasibility of requiring the agencies to periodically justify and retain documentation showing the reasonableness of using the maximum rates, or lower them as appropriate.

KPMG recommends that the OPM Director in coordination with the CIO and system owners, including the Chief Financial Officer and system owners in Program offices, ensure that resources are prioritized and assigned to address the information system control environment weaknesses.

Direct responsible grantees to justify the use of $66,849,658 that it disbursed for cancelled Block Grant program activities or repay HUD from non-Federal funds.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York City Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to reimburse from non-Federal funds $93,436 for ineligible costs charged to HPRP; specifically, $59,430 related to payments for rental arrears over the 6-month eligibility requirement and $34,006 for payments issued directly to participants.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York City Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation to justify the $329,937 in unsupported salary costs incurred between June and September 2010. Any unsupported costs determined to be ineligible should be reimbursed from non-Federal funds.

Determine the eligibility of the $2,399,428 disbursed for four projects with signs of slow progress and reevaluate the feasibility of the activities. Total disbursements of $3,483,086 were adjusted to consider $713,008 questioned in recommendation 2C and $370,650 in recommendation 2A. The Municipality must reimburse its HOME program from non-Federal funds for activities that HUD determines to have been terminated.

Require the Municipality to reimburse its HOME program from non-Federal funds $766,480 for disbursements associated with terminated activities that did not meet HOME objectives.

Require the Municipality to submit supporting documentation showing the allocability of $39,338 and any additional payroll costs charged to the HOME program between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2011, associated with the three employees performing other functions not related to the program, or reimburse the program from non-Federal funds.

Require the Municipality to reimburse the HOME program from non-Federal funds $2,263,799 paid for ineligible costs.

Require the Municipality to put to better use $2,854,395 associated with unexpended funds maintained in its local bank account.

Require the Municipality to update its accounting records and ensure that receipts and expenditures are properly accounted for, are reconciled with HUD's information system, and comply with HUD requirements.

Require the Municipality to develop and implement a financial management system in accordance with HUD requirements, including that HOME funds can be traced to a level which ensures that such funds have not been used in violation of the restrictions and prohibitions of applicable statutes and that funds are disbursed in a timely manner.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to reimburse its Capital Fund $1,539,629 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible payments cited in this finding.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to return the $411,228 in excess capital fund draws cited in this finding.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to provide supporting documentation or reimburse its Capital Fund $394,683 from non-Federal funds for the unsupported costs cited in this finding.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to reimburse its Capital Fund $13,085 from non-Federal funds for the inappropriately earned interest cited in this finding.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to reimburse its appropriate programs $180,649 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible payments cited in this finding.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to provide supporting documentation or reimburse its appropriate programs $30,236 from non-Federal funds for the unsupported costs cited in this finding.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to reimburse its Capital Fund $127,050 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible payments cited in this finding.

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to reimburse its operating fund $107,692 from non-Federal funds for ineligible payments cited in this finding.

The Office of Programs should work with the management control review committee to revise management control documentation to be consistent with Government Accountability Office guidance for internal controls.

Support or repay from non-Federal funds any amounts that it cannot support, including $1,568,245 to its operating fund and $973,126 to its capital fund paid for (1) contracts that were improperly procured, (2) contract overpayments, or (3) contract payments made outside of the contract effective dates.