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Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations

Report Number Title Issue Date Fiscal Year
OIG-13-74 The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the State of North Carolina distributed and spent State Homeland Security Program and Urban Area Security Initiative grant funds (1) effectively and efficiently, and (2) in compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations, as well as with DHS guidelines governing the use of such funding. We also addressed the extent to which funds enhanced the State of North Carolina’s and the Charlotte Urban Area’s ability to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The State of North Carolina received grant awards of approximately $61 million in State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds for fiscal years 2008 through 2010.

>North Carolina’s Management of Homeland Security Program Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2010 		2013
OIG-13-73 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended (Recovery Act) appropriated $610 million to the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) for emergency food and shelter, public transit and port security assistance, and construction of non ‐federal fire stations. FEMA awarded $150 million of that amount in port security grants to 214 ports, port authorities, ferry systems, and other eligible entities.

>Costs Claimed by Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals LLC Under Port Security Grants Awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 		2013
OIG-13-72 The audit objectives were to determine whether the State of Mississippi distributed and spent State Homeland Security Program grant funds (1) effectively and efficiently, and (2) in compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations. We also addressed the extent to which grant funds enhanced the State’s ability to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded the State of Mississippi approximately $19.3 million in State Homeland Security Program grants during fiscal years 2008 through 2010.

>Mississippi’s Management of State Homeland Security Program Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2010 		2013
OIG-13-64 We have audited the balance sheet of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) as of September 30, 2012, and the related statements of net cost, changes in net position, and custodial activity, and combined statement of budgetary resources for the year then ended (referred to as the “fiscal year (FY) 2012 financial statements”). We were also engaged to audit the Department’s internal control over financial reporting of the FY 2012 financial statements. The objective of our audit engagement was to express an opinion on the fair presentation of the FY 2012 financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of the FY 2012 financial statements.

>Information Technology Management Letter for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Component of the FY 2012 Department of Homeland Security Financial Statement Audit 		2013
OIG-13-51 Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, and other disasters up to December 31, 2010, FEMA disbursed more than $8 billion in assistance payments, some of which were later determined to have been improperly paid to individuals who were ineligible or who received duplicate payments. The debts in question arose in part because FEMA relaxed its internal controls in order to provide expedited delivery of assistance grants to displaced disaster survivors.The relaxed internal controls involved potential payments of $621.6 million to 167,488 recipients. After reviewing all of the cases, FEMA reduced the original estimate and determined that 91,178 recipients, who received more than $418.3 million, were candidates for recoupment. 1 According to FEMA, there is sufficient justification to waive the debt obligations and not to recoup payment from the other 76,310 recipients, who collectively received more than $203.3 million in disaster assistance.

>FEMA's Efforts To Recoup Improper Payments in Accordance With the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 (5) 		2013
OIG-13-46 On September 29, 2009, FEMA awarded a $6 million grant (number 2009-PU-R1-0176) to the Port of Los Angeles (port) for a port-wide fiber optics project.Reimbursement for eligible project costs is based on the grant agreement; Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-87, Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments; and FEMA guidance. As of August 10, 2012, the Port had claimed project costs totaling $5,703,711. The costs covered the period from September 1, 2009, through June 30, 2012.

>Costs Claimed by the Port of Los Angeles Under Port Security Grant Number 2009-PU-R1-0176 		2013
OIG-13-45 The objectives of the audit were to determine if the State of Indiana 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. We also addressed the extent to which grant funds enhanced Indiana’s ability to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The audit included a review of approximately $57.3 million in State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded to Indiana during fiscal years 2008 through 2010.

>Indiana’s Management of State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2008–2010 		2013
OIG-13-44 The audit objectives were to determine whether the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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. We also addressed the extent to which grant funds enhanced the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ ability to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts was awarded approximately $122 million in State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grants during fiscal years 2008 through 2011.

>Massachusetts’ Management of Homeland Security Grant Program Awards for Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2011 		2013
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-13-41 The Commonwealth was awarded approximately $32 million in State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) and Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) grant funds over fiscal years (FYs) 2008, 2009, and 2010. Appendix A provides details of the objectives, scope, and methodology for this audit. During FYs 2008 through 2010, the Louisville UASI was awarded $1.4 million, $2.2 million, and $2.2 million, respectively. A FEMA official said that Kentucky did not score high enough on the UASI risk formula to receive funding in FYs 2011 or 2012.

>Kentucky’s Management of State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Awarded Fiscal Years 2008-2010 		2013
OIG-13-40 This review focused on FEMA preparedness grants awarded directly to local fire stations, port facilities, and transit systems, called Assistance toFirefighters rants and TransportationInfrastructure Security Branch grants, that totaled $1.2 billion in fiscal year 2011. This report conveys concerns we identified during our limited review for FEMA to consider prior to implementing its revised monitoring plans. We may revisit FEMA’s monitoring of grantees using a risk-based approach once implementation is complete. In fiscal year 2012, FEMA inconsistently applied risk indicators to determine the level of financial and programmatic monitoring a grantee received. Additionally, in selecting grantees to monitor, FEMA did not assign risk indicators to all grantees. As a result, during fiscal year 2012, FEMA could not ensure that it monitored all grantees with increased risk. For fiscal year 2013, FEMA combined programmatic and financial monitoring into an integrated plan and revised its risk indicators to better reflect grantees’ inherent risk.

>FEMA’s Use of Risk-based Monitoring for Grantee Oversight 		2013
OIG-13-37 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), as amended, appropriated $150 million to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance under sections 1406 and 1513 of the imlementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, as amended. FEMA focused grants under this program on (1) operational packages for canine teams, mobile explosives detection screening teams, and antiterrorism teams, and (2) capital projects for activities such as infrastructure protection. On July 31, 2009, FEMA awarded a transit security grant of $1,670,988 to the Northeast Illinois Railroad Corporation (commonly referred to as METRA) for one antiterrorism team.

>Costs Claimed by the Northern Illinois Railroad Corporation Under Transit Security 		2013
OIG-13-33 The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the State of Wisconsin (1) spent grant funds effectively and efficiently; (2) complied with applicable Federal laws and regulations and DHS guidelines governing the use of such funding; and (3) enhanced the ability of State grantees to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The audit included a review of approximately $43 million in State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to Wisconsin from fiscal years 2008 through 2010.

>Wisconsin’s Management of Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2010 		2013
OIG-13-29 We have reviewed the accompanying Table of Prior Year Drug Control Obligations of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the year ended September 30, 2012. We have also reviewed the accompanying statement that full compliance with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Circular, Drug Control Accounting, dated May 1, 2007 (the Circular) would constitute an nreasonable burden (Unreasonable Burden Statement). FEMA’s management is responsible for the preparation of the Table of Prior Year Drug Control Obligations and the Unreasonable Burden Statement (collectively the Alternative Report).

>Independent Review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Reporting of FY 2012 Drug Control Obligations 		2013
OIG-13-25 The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (HSES), a FEMA grantee, awarded the County $10.2 million for damages caused by heavy rains in August 2009. The award provided 75 percent FEMA funding for 28 large and 177 small projects. The audit covered the period August 8, 2009, through August 17, 2012, and included a review of 11 large projects totaling less than $1.5 million, or less than 15 percent of the total award (see Exhibit A, Schedule of Projects Audited)_ As of the cutoff date of our audit, none of the Iarge projects that we reviewed were closed.

>Erie County, New York, Generally Followed Regulations for Spending Public Assistance Grant Funds for Flooding in August 2009 		2013
OIG-13-23 On October 12–13, 2006, the County experienced a severe lake effect snow and ice storm. The storm was dubbed the “October Storm” and officially referred to by the National Weather Service as “Lake Storm Aphid.” The October Storm dropped up to 2 feet of snow in less than 12 hours, causing tree limbs possessing significant foliage to snap, taking down power lines, and causing considerable damage throughout northern Erie County. The State of New York declared a state of emergency for the counties affected by the storm and requested FEMA aid. On October 24, 2006, President George W. Bush declared a major disaster for Erie and the surrounding counties. The original disaster declaration limited the period to 6 months for the County to incur reimbursable debris removal and cleanup costs. The County, unable to complete the needed work, requested numerous time extensions. The time extensions eventually expired on October 24, 2008, more than 2 years after the original disaster.

>FEMA Should Recover $48 Million of Public Assistance Grant Funds Awarded to Erie County, New York – Severe Weather October 2006 (Revised) 		2013
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
OIG-13-18 The objectives of the State audits were to determine whether each State distributed and spent the grant funds (1) effectively and efficiently, and (2) in ompliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations. We also addressed the extent to which grant funds enhanced the States’ ability to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The audits included more than $924 million in State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded to the 16 States and territories during 3-year periods between fiscal years 2006 and 2010.

>Annual Report to Congress on States’ and Urban Areas’ Management of Homeland Security Grant Programs Fiscal Year 2012 		2013
OIG-13-17 Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, and other disasters up to December 31, 2010, FEMA disbursed more than $8 billion in assistance payments, some of which were later determined to have been improperly paid to individuals who were ineligible or who received duplicate payments. The debts in question arose in part because FEMA relaxed its internal controls in order to provide expedited delivery of assistance grants to displaced disaster survivors. The relaxed internal controls involved potential payments of $621.6 million to 167,488 recipients. After reviewing all of the cases, FEMA reduced that original estimate and determined that 91,178 recipients, who received more than $371 million, were candidates for recoupment. According to FEMA, there is sufficient justification to waive the debt obligations and not to recoup payment from the other 76,310 recipients, who collectively received more than $250 million in disaster assistance.

>FEMA’s Efforts To Recoup Improper Payments in Accordance With the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 (4) 		2013
OIG-13-16 The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the State distributed and spent State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds (1) effectively and efficiently and (2) in compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations. We also addressed the extent to which grant funds 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 was awarded $35,209,566 in Homeland Security Grant Program funds from fiscal years 2008 to 2010. This included $33,851,300 in State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grants that were subawarded to a total of one grantee and 48 subgrantees. Among the State’s subgrantees are cities, towns, and State agencies.

>The State of Rhode Island's Management of State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Securty Initiative Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2010 		2013
OIG-13-15 Thirteen days after Hurricane Sandy’s landfall, 166,649 residential customers across three States - New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut - remained without power, in large part because of damage to their electrical systems, which prevented the electric utility companies from restoring power to their homes. Without additional government assistance, many of these homes could be without power during winter months, thus creating an immediate and undue threat to public health and safety. In response to this need, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) established the Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power (STEP) pilot program, enabling residents to return to or remain in their homes as a form of shelter while permanent repairs are completed. This pr ogram will reduce the number of people in shelters or in the Transitional Shelter Assistance Program.

>FEMA’s Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power Pilot Program 		2013
OIG-13-13 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is authorized under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act , as amended, to expand its staff size temporarily to respond to major disasters and emergencies. Disaster assistance employees (DAEs) fulfill this role by performing key program, technical, and administrative functions during disasters. DAEs are excepted-service intermittent employees, either cadre reservists or local hires. Cadre reservists have an initial appointment of no more than 24 months that expires on September 30 of each year ending in an even number (e.g., 2010), and may not work for more than 78 weeks (or 18 months) during the 104-week appointment period. FEMA measures deployments during the same 2-year period from October 1 through September 30 of each even-numbered year, regardless of whether an employee was already a FEMA employee at the beginning of the period or was hired during the period. Local hires have an initial appointment of 120 days, which is renewable.

>Federal Emergency Management Agency Needs To Improve Its Internal Controls Over the Use of Disaster Assistance Employees 		2013
OIG-13-124 FROM: John E. McCoy II

Assistant Inspector General for Audits

SUBJECT: Office of Inspector General Emergency Management Oversight Team Deployment Audits

Audit Report Numbers OIG-13-84, OIG-13-117, OIG-13-124, OIG-14-50-D, OIG-14-111-D, OIG-15-92-D, OIG-15-102-D, OIG-15-105-D, OIG-16-53-D, OIG-16-85-D, OIG-16-106-D, OIG-17-37-D

After completing an internal review of our audits related to multiple Emergency Management Oversight Team (EMOT) projects, we have decided to permanently remove the subject reports from our public website.

Our internal review found the subject reports may not have adequately answered objectives and, in some cases, may have lacked sufficient and appropriate evidence to support conclusions. Answering objectives with sufficient and appropriate evidence is required under Government Auditing Standards or Quality Standards for Inspection and Evaluation. In an abundance of caution, we believe it best to recall the reports and not re-issue them.

Going forward, our EMOTs will deploy during the response phase of a disaster to identify and alert the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its stakeholders of potential issues or risks if they do not follow FEMA and other Federal requirements. The EMOT’s reviews will not be conducted under Government Auditing Standards. The teams will continue to observe and identify potential risk areas that will be addressed by future traditional audits, if necessary.

A complete list of the projects removed from our website is attached. You should not place any reliance on these reports.

Please contact me at (202) 254-4100 if you have any questions.

>FEMA’s Initial Response in New York to Hurricane Sandy 		2013
OIG-13-12 The Department of Homeland Security Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) focuses on the use of visible, unpredictable deterrents to reduce risk to transit systems. Transit Security Grants fund capital projects including Multi-User High-Density Key Infrastructure Protection, Single-User High-Density Key Infrastructure Protection, Key Operating Asset Protection, and other mitigation activities. These construction grants pay for infrastructure improvements such as installation of anti-terrorist barriers at tunnel entrances and security systems for underground and underwater infrastructure. In addition, Transit Security Grants also fund canine, mobile explosives detection screening, and anti-terrorism teams. FEMA allocated $72.2 million to four transit security capital projects and $77.8 million to 15 transit security terrorist teams.

>Costs Claimed by the Chicago Transit Authority for the Subway Security and SCADA Project – Video Analytics and Intrusion Detection, and the Public Transport Anti-Terrorism Team Program, Grant Numbers 2009-RA-RI-0106 and 2009-RA-RI-0093 		2013
OIG-13-117 FROM: John E. McCoy II

Assistant Inspector General for Audits

SUBJECT: Office of Inspector General Emergency Management Oversight Team Deployment Audits

Audit Report Numbers OIG-13-84, OIG-13-117, OIG-13-124, OIG-14-50-D, OIG-14-111-D, OIG-15-92-D, OIG-15-102-D, OIG-15-105-D, OIG-16-53-D, OIG-16-85-D, OIG-16-106-D, OIG-17-37-D

After completing an internal review of our audits related to multiple Emergency Management Oversight Team (EMOT) projects, we have decided to permanently remove the subject reports from our public website.

Our internal review found the subject reports may not have adequately answered objectives and, in some cases, may have lacked sufficient and appropriate evidence to support conclusions. Answering objectives with sufficient and appropriate evidence is required under Government Auditing Standards or Quality Standards for Inspection and Evaluation. In an abundance of caution, we believe it best to recall the reports and not re-issue them.

Going forward, our EMOTs will deploy during the response phase of a disaster to identify and alert the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its stakeholders of potential issues or risks if they do not follow FEMA and other Federal requirements. The EMOT’s reviews will not be conducted under Government Auditing Standards. The teams will continue to observe and identify potential risk areas that will be addressed by future traditional audits, if necessary.

A complete list of the projects removed from our website is attached. You should not place any reliance on these reports.

Please contact me at (202) 254-4100 if you have any questions.

>FEMA's Initial Response in New Jersey to Hurricane Sandy 		2013
OIG-13-112 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), as amended, appropriated $150 million for Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administered these funds through its Transit Security Grant Program, which primarily funded operational packages for canine, mobile explosives screening, and antiterrorism teams, and capital projects for activities such as infrastructure protection. In 2009, FEMA awarded $9,560,064 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for the creation of antiterrorism teams (ATT). Specifically, the grant funded 20 Metro Transit Police Department sworn officer positions, which were used to form 5 permanent ATTs. From August 1, 2009, through June 30, 2012, WMATA reported project costs totaling $7,590,766. As of June 30, 2012, WMATA had been reimbursed for $1,058,080 of these costs.

>Costs Incurred by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority under Transit Security Grant No. 2009-RA-R1-0102 		2013
OIG-13-109 The report contains seven recommendations aimed at improving the State of Nebraska’s management of State Homeland Security Program grants. Your office concurred with six recommendations. Based on information provided in your response to the draft report, we consider recommendations #1, #2, #4 through #7 open and resolved, and recommendation #3 closed. Once your office has fully implemented the open recommendations, please submit a formal closeout request to us within 30 days so that we may close the recommendations. The request should be accompanied by evidence of completion of agreed-upon corrective actions and of the disposition of any monetary amounts.

>Nebraska's Management of State Homeland Security Grant Program Awards for Fiscal Years 2009 Through 2011 		2013
OIG-13-102 In 2012, FEMA announced that it would no longer use park models as a housing option, and instead would use only manufactured housing certified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Unless FEMA takes actions to ensure that it maintains the ability to use temporary housing units similar in size to the park model, this decision will increase program costs by tens of millions of dollars annually, and may hinder FEMA’s ability to provide shelter to disaster survivors quickly. In reacting to the decision, FEMA field staff expressed concerns to us about their ability to house disaster survivors quickly and cost effectively. Further, FEMA officials said that many homeowners prefer units that can fit on their home sites, because it allows them to remain on their own property near their places of employment and schools while they rebuild their homes.

>Unless Modified, FEMA’s Temporary Housing Plans Will Increase Costs by an Estimated $76 Million Annually 		2013
OIG-13-100 The Administrator was authorized to waive a debt if the excessive payment was based on FEMA error; there was no fault by the debtor; collection of the debt was against equity and good conscience; and the debt did not involve fraud, a false claim, or misrepresentation by the debtor or others with an interest in the claim. FEMA was authorized to grant a waiver to eligible debtors with an adjusted gross income less than or equal to $90,000 and, subject to certain conditions, only a partial waiver to those with an adjusted gross income greater than $90,000. DARFA directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General to report on the cost‐effectiveness of FEMA’s efforts to recoup improper payments. This is the last in a series of six reports issued every 3 months through June 2013.

>FEMA’s Efforts To Recoup Improper Payments in Accordance With the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 (6) 		2013
OIG-13-10 The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the Commonwealth of Virginia distributed and spent State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grant funds (1) effectively and efficiently and (2) in compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations. We also addressed the extent to which grant funds enhanced the Commonwealth’s ability to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other manmade disasters. The audit included a review of $90 million in State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded to the Commonwealth during fiscal years 2008 through 2010.

>The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Management of State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2008 Through 2010 		2013
OIG-13-08 Regis & Associates, PC performed an audit of the State of Illinois’ management of the Department of Homeland Security’s Urban Areas Security Initiative grants for Fiscal Years 2006 through 2008. The audit was performed in accordance with Contract Number TPD-FIGBPA-07014; Task Order 0001, dated September 29, 2009. This report presents the results of the audit, and includes recommendations to help improve the State of Illinois’ management of the audited Urban Areas Security Initiative grants.

>The State of Illinois’ Management of Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2006 Through 2008 		2013
OIG-13-02 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), as amended, appropriated $210 million to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for competitive grants for modifying, upgrading, or constructing non-Federal fire stations. On September 25, 2009, FEMA awarded a grant of $4,007,374 to Snoqualmie Pass Fire & Rescue to construct a new fire station. The grant specified a period of performance from September 25, 2009, to September 24, 2012. As of April 15, 2012, Snoqualmie Pass Fire & Rescue had completed the construction of the new fire station (see figure 1) and had received reimbursements of $4,007,374 from FEMA for project design, engineering, construction, and management.

>Costs Claimed by Snoqualmie Pass, WA, Fire & Rescue Under Fire Station Construction Grant Number EMW-2009-FC-02883R 		2013
OIG-13-01 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requested that we audit the grant (EMW-2009-FC-06054R) to Volunteer Fire and Rescue of Harrison Township (Fire and Rescue). FEMA asked for the audit to help resolve concerns over delays by Fire and Rescue in initiating the project and allegations about the size and location of the project and the award of construction contracts. Fire and Rescue requested and received a grant of $1,149,490 for construction of a new fire station. The grant specified a period of performance from September 25, 2009, to September 24, 2012. As of January 23, 2012, Fire and Rescue had broken ground for the new station and had incurred costs of $76,591 for plans, building materials, and other initial project costs. Fire and Rescue has billed for and received from FEMA reimbursement of $10,000.

>Costs Incurred by Volunteer Fire and Rescue of Harrison Township, IN, Under Station Construction Grant Number EMW 2009 FC 06054R 		2013
OIG-12-98  

>Costs Claimed by Grand Traverse Metro Emergency Services Authority under a Fire Station Construction Grant 		2012
OIG-12-97  

>Costs Claimed by Bristol Township Volunteer Fire Department under Fire Station Construction Grant No. EMW-2009-FC-01627R 		2012
OIG-12-93  

> Progress Has Been Made in Securing Laptops and Wireless Networks at FEMA 		2012
OIG-12-92  

>The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Requirements for Reporting Homeland Security Grant Program Achievements 		2012
OIG-12-90  

>Review of Costs Claimed by Washington Township, MI, Fire Department Under Fire Station Construction Grant Number EMW-2009-FC-01152R 		2012
OIG-12-89  

>FEMA’s Progress in Implementing Employee Credentials 		2012
OIG-12-79  

>Opportunities to Improve FEMA's Public Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessment Process 		2012
OIG-12-75  

>Review of Costs Invoiced by the Newport News Fire Department Under Fire Station Construction Grant No. EMW-2009-FC-00629 Awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 		2012
OIG-12-74  

>Capping Report: FY 2011 FEMA Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant and Subgrant Audits 		2012
OIG-12-71  

>National Flood Insurance Program’s Management Letter for FY 2011 DHS Consolidated Financial Statements Audit (Redacted) (Revised) 		2012
OIG-12-70  

>Information Technology Management Letter for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Component of the FY 2011 DHS Financial Statement Audit 		2012
OIG-12-62  

>FEMA's Efforts to Recoup Improper Payments in Accordance With the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 		2012
OIG-12-61  

>The State of Arizona's Management of Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2007 through 2009 		2012
OIG-12-46  

>FEMA’s Management Letter for FY 2011 DHS Consolidated Financial Statements Audit 		2012
OIG-12-43  

>Inspection of FEMA's Regional Offices - Region IX 		2012
OIG-12-30  

>Efforts to Expedite Disaster Recovery in Louisiana 		2012
OIG-12-29  

>The U.S. Virgin Islands Management of State Homeland Security Program Grants Awarded During Fiscal Years 2007 through 2009 		2012

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

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