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Ottawa Illinois Elementary School District Should Obtain Required Flood Insurance or FEMA Should Disallow $14 Million in Public Assistance Grant Funds

Executive Summary

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency {lEMA), a FEMA grantee, awarded Ottawa $16.3 million for damages resulting from severe storms and flooding that occurred September 13 through October 5, 2008. The award provided 75 percent funding for four large and four small projects.The audit covered the period September 13, 2008, through May 16, 2012, the cutoff date of our audit, and included a review of three large projects and one small project totaling $16.2 million, or 99 percent of the total award. As of our cutoff date, none of the Iarge projects were closed.

Report Number

DD-13-03

Issue Date

01/04/2013

Document File

OIG_DD-13-03_Jan12.pdf

DHS Agency

FEMA

Oversight Area

Disaster Recovery

Fiscal Year

2013

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