FEMA’s Management of Mission Assignments to Other Federal Agencies Needs Improvement

Audit · Department of Homeland Security OIG · 2022-09-30 · about Department of Homeland Security

Report

Title: FEMA’s Management of Mission Assignments to Other Federal Agencies Needs Improvement
Submitting OIG: Department of Homeland Security OIG
Component agency: Department of Homeland Security
Type: Audit
Publication date: 2022-09-30

Summary

Although the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) processed and obligated funds timely to other Federal agencies (OFA), it did not provide sufficient oversight to ensure OFAs used pandemic funding as required. Specifically, FEMA did not develop detailed cost estimates when initially establishing MAs, validate unliquidated and open obligations throughout the MA lifecycle, and verify cost eligibility against Public Assistance guidance before closing the MA.

Recommendations (4)

#	Status	Text
1	Open	We recommend the FEMA Associate Administrator for Response and Recovery develop a process to ensure FEMA components comply with FEMA’s Mission Assignment Guide, requiring the formulation of comprehensive cost estimates during initiation and throughout…
2	Open	We recommend the FEMA Associate Assistant Administrator for Response and Recovery evaluate the resources and other process improvements needed to ensure unliquidated obligations financial data are obtained, reviewed, and reported, as required per FEMA…
3	Open	We recommend the FEMA Deputy Administrator develop a risk-based process for reviewing documentation that supports mission assignment expenditures and apply this process to COVID-19 mission assignments to ensure eligibility of claimed costs.
4	Closed	We recommend the FEMA Associate Administrator for Response and Recovery obtain documentation supporting the more than $103 million for COVID-19 mission assignments and conduct a review to determine whether the costs comply with Federal and FEMA…

Source

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