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GAO-06-373R 1 (2006-02-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptataz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S=GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 February 7, 2006 The Honorable Wade F. Horn Assistant Secretary for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Subject: Community Services Block Grant Program: HHS Needs to Improve Monitoring of State Grantees Dear Mr. Horn: As you know, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce has asked GAO to review the administration of the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program. As part of this review, we are examining the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) efforts to monitor states' use of CSBG funds. Specifically, we have been reviewing efforts undertaken by HHS's Office of Community Services (OCS), which has primary responsibility for administering the CSBG program. The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention concerns that we have about OCS' ability to effectively fulfill its CSBG monitoring responsibilities. Under the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, OCS is required to evaluate several states' use of CSBG funds annually and issue reports on the results of those evaluations to the states and Congress. In addition, the standards pursuant to 31 U.S.C. section 3512(c), (d), commonly referred to as the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982, require federal agencies to establish and maintain internal controls to provide reasonable assurance that agencies achieve the objectives of effective and efficient operations, reliable financial reporting, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.' In order to have sufficient internal controls, managers should have policies and procedures in place that, among other things, ensure that statutory responsibilities are fulfilled; agency information and communications are available, reliable, and timely; and staff have adequate training and skills. In the course of our work to date, we found that OCS does not have the policies, procedures, and internal controls in place needed to carry out its monitoring efforts. Specifically, we found that 1For more information on internal control standards, see GAO, Standardsfor Internal Control in the Federal Government, GAO/AIMD-00-21.3.1 (Washington: D.C.: November 1999), and Office of Management and Budget, Circular No. A-123, Management's Responsibility for Internal Control, (Washington: D.C.: December 21, 2004). GAO-06-373R CSBG Monitoring Efforts

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