# FEMA’s Management of  Mission Assignments to  Other Federal Agencies  Needs Improvement
> **Audit** by 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

- **Rec 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…
- **Rec 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…
- **Rec 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.
- **Rec 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
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/femas-management-mission-assignments-other-federal-agencies-needs-improvement)
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