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Emergency Rental Assistance: Treasury's Oversight is Limited by Incomplete Data and Risk Assessment
GAO-23-105410
Dec 20, 2022
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Department of the Treasury The Chief of the Office of Recovery Programs should expediently collect complete and accurate data, including quarterly payment data and performance measures required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Treasury The Chief of the Office of Recovery Programs should expediently publish complete ERA program data, including all required disaggregated performance measures required by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, for all applicable quarters from program inception through the end of the award performance period. Such reporting should include information necessary for determining data quality, such as the rate of missing or erroneous data for key data elements. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Treasury The Chief of the Office of Recovery Programs should complete a detailed assessment of the ERA program's susceptibility to improper payments, such as a quantitative analysis that incorporates grantee payment data and other relevant data sources. (Recommendation 3)
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Disaster Recovery: Better Information Is Needed on the Progress of Block Grant Funds
GAO-23-105295
Dec 15, 2022
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Department of Housing and Urban Development The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development should revise HUD's standard Quarterly Performance Report format and related guidance to ensure the reports provide clearer and more transparent information on the status of grantees' CDBG-DR activities. For example, the revised report format could include a summary of aggregated performance measures at the activity level. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Housing and Urban Development The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development should, in the event of future CDBG-DR funding, require recipients to collect and analyze data on critical milestones needed to monitor the timeliness of their housing activities and inform corrective actions, consistent with leading project management practices. (Recommendation 2)
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Interagency Council on Homelessness: Written Policies for Implementing Statutory Requirements Are Needed
GAO-22-105110
Jun 23, 2022
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United States Interagency Council on Homelessness The Executive Director of USICH should establish written policies and procedures for meeting statutory requirements, including duties and functions in its governing statute and reporting obligations in annual appropriations acts, and for routinely updating and documenting the implementation of such policies and procedures. (Recommendation 1)
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Emergency Rental Assistance: Additional Grantee Monitoring Needed to Manage Known Risks
GAO-22-105490
Feb 10, 2022
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Department of the Treasury The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Treasury Inspector General, should develop and implement procedures to monitor and evaluate ERA grantees' controls, including through the reallocation process. The monitoring procedures should include information on the minimum internal control systems expected for ERA grantees that rely on self-attestation and other administrative flexibilities that could increase risks of improper payments. (Recommendation 1)
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We will provide updated information when we confirm what actions Treasury has taken in response to this recommendation. As of September 2022, we were continuing to review and confirm recent information provided by the agency.
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