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CED-81-67 1 (1981-02-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbnq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. Z0548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DItVLOPMENT DIVISION B-167637 FEBRUARY 19,1981 The Honorable Samuel R. Pierce, Jr. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dear Mr. Secretary; 114392 Subject: ctions Being Taken To Collect Overbillings and Improve Contracting Procedures at HUD's Columbus Area and Cincinnati Service Offices7 (CED-81-67) At the request of the Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing, House Committee on Government Opera- tions, we reviewed the actions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in response to our April 12, 1979, report to the Secretary entitled Review of Selected Contracts Awarded by the Cincinnati Service Office, Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development (CED-79-67). The report dealt with contract award irregularities, overbillings, and billings for maintenance work not performed at HUD-owned multifamily housing projects. The chairwoman asked us to determine --how the overbillings we identified were resolved, --whether any subsequent allegations of wrongdoing involving HUD contracts had been received, and --whether current contracting practices conformed with HUD policies. In general, we found that while HUD has taken several corrective actions on the problems discussed in our report, certain problems remain. We believe HUD needs to move more expeditiously to (1) resolve and settle the overbillings identified in our prior report, currently estimated at about $88,000, (2) collect about $15,000 in improper payments to a project manager, and (3) improve contracting procedures. We found that the contracting practices of HUD's Columbus area and Cincinnati service offices were still not in compliance (385081)

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