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Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations

Report Number Title Issue Date Fiscal Year
DS-10-03  

>City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works  		2010
DA-10-02 City of Memphis, Tennessee  2010
DA-10-04  

>City of Moss Point, Mississippi  		2010
DD-09-13  

>City of Muncie, Indiana 		2009
DS-10-09  

>City of Napa, California 		2010
DD-09-11  

>City of New Orleans Residential Solid Waste and Debris Removal 		2009
DD-10-07  

>City of North Royalton, Ohio  		2010
DS-09-14  

>City of Oakland, California 		2009
DA-18-05 City of Owensboro, Kentucky FEMA Disaster No. 13 10-DR-KY 2005
DS-02-04 City of Palo Alto, California, Public Assistance ID No. 085-55282, FEMA Disaster No. 1203-DR-CA 2004
DD-11-10  

>City of Port Arthur, Texas 		2011
DA-23-05 City of Portsmouth, VA 2005
DA-18-04 City of Raleigh, North Carolina, FEMA Disaster No. 1292-DR-DC 2004
DA-19-04 City of Raleigh, North Carolina, FEMA Disaster No. 1312-DR-NC 2004
DS-10-11  

>City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California  		2010
DA-09-24  

>City of Richmond, Virginia 		2009
W-05-03 City of Sacramento, CA, Public Assistance ID No. 067-6400, FEMA Disaster No. 1155-DR-CA, 2002
DS-09-12  

>City of San Diego, California 		2009
DS-01-04 City of San Leandro, California, Public Assistance ID No. 001-68084, FEMA Disaster No. 1203-DR-CA 2004
DS-09-08  

>City of Seattle, Washington 		2009
DD-11-08  

>City of Slidell, Louisiana 		2011
DD-10-04  

>City of Springfield, IL  		2010
DD-11-06  

>City of Springfield, Missouri 		2011
DA-11-19  

>City of Vero Beach, Florida -Disaster Activities Related to Hurricane Frances 		2011
DA-11-18  

>City of Vero Beach, Florida -Disaster Activities Related to Hurricane Jeanne 		2011
DA-11-01 City of West Palm Beach, Florida 2011
DD-09-05  

>City of Wichita, Kansas 		2009
DD-06-04 The review in conjunction with the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) as part of its examination of relief efforts provided by the federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As such, we have forwarded a copy of the report to the PCIE Homeland Security Working Group that is coordinating Inspectors General review of this important subject.

>Clearbrook, LLC Billing Errors Under Contract 		2006
OIG-16-03-D FEMA’s Program Guide for the Alternative Procedures pilot program and letters of undertaking provide acceptable guidance in most areas to ensure compliance with Federal rules and regulations. However, our review of seven large dollar value projects valued at $3.9 billion identified weaknesses in five areas of guidance: (1) estimating project costs; (2) responding to Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits; (3) managing cash responsibly; (4) applying insurance proceeds; and (5) obtaining insurance for future losses. These weaknesses put Federal funds at greater risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. Correcting these weaknesses will better ensure that participants in the pilot program will follow Federal requirements when spending Federal funds. Further, to protect the Federal taxpayer from inflated estimates, FEMA’s oversight should include additional steps to assess the accuracy of subgrantee fixed-cost estimates that exceed certain thresholds. In addition, FEMA needs to make other changes to comply with the Stafford Act and protect the integrity of the program.

>Clearer Guidance Would Improve FEMA's Oversight of the Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Pilot Program 		2016
DA-16-04 Coast Electrical Power Association, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, FEMA Disaster No. 1251-DR-MS 2004
DA-11-16  

>Coast Transit Authority 		2011
OIG-17-57-D We determined that the County can account for and adequately support disaster-related costs.  However, the County’s procurement policies, procedures, and business practices do not meet all Federal procurement standard requirements.  As a result, the County awarded two bridge construction contracts totaling $458,150 without full and open competition.  We recommended that FEMA not fund $458,150 of ineligible contract costs, unless FEMA grants an exception for all or part of the costs according to Federal regulations.  Because of our audit, County officials said they will not claim FEMA reimbursement for either of the two contracts.  We discussed this decision with FEMA Region VI officials who said they will be alert for these costs should the County seek reimbursement for either of the two bridge construction contracts.  Based on FEMA’s response we consider this report closed and require no further action from FEMA.

>Colorado County, Texas, Has Adequate Policies, Procedures, and Business Practices to Manage Its FEMA Grant 		2017
OIG-16-78-D The City of Evans, Colorado (City) received a $10.8 million grant from Colorado, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grantee, for damages from severe storms and flooding in September 2013. We conducted this audit early in the grant process to identify areas where the City may need additional technical assistance or monitoring to ensure compliance.

>Colorado Should Provide the City of Evans More Assistance in Managing FEMA Grant Funds 		2016
OIG-16-40-D Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado (Utilities), received a $937,367 Public Assistance grant for damages from storms occurring May through June 2015. We conducted this audit early in the grant process to identify areas where the Utilities may need additional technical assistance or monitoring to ensure compliance with Federal requirements. The Utilities has established policies, procedures, and business practices to account for and expend Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. Therefore, if the Utilities follow those policies, procedures, and business practices, FEMA has reasonable assurance that the Utilities will properly manage its FEMA grant.

>Colorado Springs Utilities, Colorado, Has Adequate Policies, Procedures, and Business Practices to Effectively Manage Its FEMA Public Assistance Grant Funding 		2016
OIG-16-42-D At the time of our audit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimated that the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, (City) had sustained approximately $3.6 million in damages from storms in 2015. We conducted this audit early in the grant process to identify areas where the City may need additional technical assistance or monitoring to ensure compliance with Federal requirements. The City has established policies, procedures, and business practices to account for and expend FEMA Public Assistance grant funds according to Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. Therefore, if the City follows those policies, procedures, and business practices, FEMA has reasonable assurance that the City will properly manage its FEMA grant.

>Colorado Springs, Colorado, Has Adequate Policies, Procedures, and Business Practices to Effectively Manage Its FEMA Public Assistance Grant Funding 		2016
OIG-17-34-D We determined that the Columbia County Roads Department (Department) does not have written procurement policies and procedures that fully conform to Federal procurement standards; is not accounting for direct administrative costs properly; and cannot yet initiate large permanent work projects more than 9 months after the disaster.  These findings occurred because Department officials were not familiar with applicable Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines adequately.  In addition, the Oregon Office of Emergency Management (Oregon) is responsible for ensuring that its subrecipient,the Department, is aware of and complies with these requirements, as well as for providing technical assistance and monitoring grant activities.  Because of our audit, the Department is revising its policies and procedures to comply with Federal requirements.  However, the Department needs additional, ongoing assistance from Oregon and FEMA to ensure that it properly manages the $2 million FEMA grant it expects to receive.  Therefore, we recommended that FEMA disallow contract costs that do not comply with applicable Federal procurement standards, unless FEMA grants an exception to the administrative requirements as 2 CFR 200.102 allows and determines the costs are reasonable.  The OIG made three other recommendations to FEMA related to directing Oregon, as its grant recipient, to provide increased monitoring and technical assistance to the Department, to ensure the Department follows Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines and avoids misspending its $2 million grant award.

>Columbia County Roads Department, Oregon, Needs Continued State and FEMA Assistance in Managing Its FEMA Grant 		2017
DD-05-05 Columbia Space Shuttle Mission Assignment National Forests and Grasslands in Texas, Lufkin, Texas FEMA Disaster Number EM-3171-TX 2005
DD-13-13 The objective of this report is to disclose additional information related to the data that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) relied on in its February 2008 decision to approve Comal County's (County) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) application. This report supplements our audit report, FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Funds Awarded to Comal County, Texas, DD-12-13, dated June 21, 2012, and provides additional information demonstrating that FEMA based its approval of the County's HMGP pplication on incomplete information. The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), a FEMA grantee, submitted the County's HMGP application to FEMA for funding following Hurricane Rita. In February 2008, FEMA approved the County's $7 million ($5,250,000 Federal share) initial HMGP request to construct a drainage improvement structure to mitigate future flood losses. In December 2010, FEMA approved an additional $9,302,516 for the project because of a design flaw in the County's original engineering plan, bringing the total award for his project to $16,302,516 ($12,226,887 Federal share).

>Comal County Understated Project Cost in Its Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Project Application 		2013
DA-10-06  

>Commonwealth of Massachusetts Highway Dept 		2010
OIG-09-49  

>Compendium of Disaster Assistance Programs 		2009
OIG-07-47 Congressional Inquiry Regarding Southwest Charter Lines, Inc. 2007
DD-07-03 Congressional Inquiry, Landfill Cost Issues Relating to Disposal of Debris in the City of New Orleans, 2007
OIG-13-43 The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the State of Connecticut distributed and spent State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds effectively and efficiently and in compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations and complied with the Department’s guidelines governing the use of funding. We also addressed the extent to which funds awarded enhanced the State’s ability to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The State received grant awards of approximately $43.9 million in State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grants for fiscal years 2008 through 2010.

>Connecticut’s Management of Homeland Security Program Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2010 		2013
OIG-17-120-D-SPANISH Este informe asistiremos a los beneficiarios y sub-beneficiarios de las subvenciones de asistencia por desastre de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) a: documentar y contabilizar los costos relacionados con el desastre; minimizar la pérdida de los fondos de asistencia por desastre de FEMA; maximizar la recuperación financiera; y prevenir el fraude, malversación y abuso de los fondos de desastre. El informe revisado es efectivo para todas las emergencias y desastres mayores declarados a partir del 1 de abril de 2017.

>Consejos de Auditoría para Administrar los Costos de Projectos Relacionados con Desastres 		2017
OIG-09-89  

>Consolidated Report on DHS' Management of 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes Mission Assignment Funding 		2009
DA-09-09  

>Contract Award and Administration - Federal Emergency Management Agency, Transitional Recovery Office, Biloxi, MS 		2009
DA-13-15 We are currently auditing $3.4 million of a $4.1 million hazard mitigation grant awarded to George County, Mississippi (County) (FIPS Code 039-99039-00) by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (State). The $3.4 million we are auditing provided 100 percent funding for the construction of two emergency shelters in the County. The State pro~ided the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant monies from Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds made available to the State following Hurricane Katrina. Our overall audit objective is to determine whether the County accounted for and expended the hazard mitigation grant funds accordingto Federal regulations and FEMA guidelines.

>Contract Dispute Delaying Hurricane Shelters at George County, Mississippi: Interim Report on FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Funds Awarded to George County, Mississippi 		2013
OIG-12-97  

>Costs Claimed by Bristol Township Volunteer Fire Department under Fire Station Construction Grant No. EMW-2009-FC-01627R 		2012
OIG-12-113  

>Costs Claimed by Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company under Fire Station Construction Grant Number EMW-2009-FC-00409 		2012
OIG-13-22 The Chicago Fire Department submitted a grant application that identified six projects: five fire station renovations and one new station construction. The proposed costs for the six projects were $26 million, consisting of a Federal share of $15 million and an applicant share of $11 million. The grant application identified a Federal share of 43 percent and an applicant share of 57 percent. FEMA awarded a grant of $4.8 million to the Chicago Fire Department to construct a new fire station. The grant award did not specify an amount or percentage for the matching share. A FEMA official told us that FEMA had not specified a Federal share in the award because it knew that the cost of the new station would exceed the Federal share and its main concern was that construction of the station be completed.

>Costs Claimed by Chicago Fire Department Under Fire Station Construction Grant Number EMW-2009-FC-05246R 		2013

*NDAA, Pub. L. 117-263, section 5274 Response Received. View responses

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