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Monthly Recovery Update Report
Report Date: April 2009
Financial Status
- Recovery Act Funds Used: $0
- Non Recovery Act Funds Used on Recovery Act Activities: $646,544
Major Actions Taken to Date
- Provided input to implementation guidance provided in OMB M-09-10, Section 5 - Grants and Cooperative Agreements
- Outlined steps HHS needed to be taken within next 90 days to obtain meaningful Single Audit coverage
- Reviewed implementation plans for HRSA, IHS construction, CDC HAI, AoA, OS Health IT, ACF & NIH
- Reviewed spending plans prepared by management for NIH, HRSA, CDC, IHS, SAMSHA, AoA, ACF and Health IT
- Completed risk assessment covering $42B of $46B for Health IT and non-Medicaid programs
- Finalized work plan for grants/contract management
- Developed audit guide for recipient capability audits for new and higher risk grantees
- Developed internal control audit guide for reviews planned for NIH, HRSA, CDC, & ACF progams
- Completed DSH error report, sent 51 management advisory letters
Major Planned Actions
- Start internal control review of ACF award process for Head Start and Early Head Start
- Start internal control review of HRSA award process for construction
- Start internal control review of ACF award process for TANF
- Start internal control review of ACF CSBG
- Start recipient capabilty audits as requested by OPDIVS
- Start audit of State's Medicaid eligibilty requirements
- Start audit of county contributions to the non-Federal Share
- Start 44 of 48 audits of health and safety requirements at Head Start and Early Head Start facilities
- Start audit of state's reporting and use of increased FMAP funding
- Start audit of selected states used the increase FMAP payments to supplement rainy day funds or any reserve
- Start audit of Health IT standards
- Complete FMAP increase audit
- Launched IT security reviews for Grants.gov
- Coordinated our plans with GAO
- Started audit of CMS's control over increase in the Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
- Started follow-up audit of oversight weaknesses for the Community Services Block Grant identified by GAO
- Started 4 of 48 audits of health and safety requirements at Head Start and Early Head Start facilities
- Started internal control review of NIH grant award process for scientific research
- Started internal control review of NIH grant award process for extramural construction
- Started internal control review of ACF grant award process for CCDBG
- Started internal control review of HRSA grant award process for community health centers
- Started internal control review of CDC award process for helathcare associate infection
- Started internal control review of NIEHS award process
- Started internal control review of CDC award process for Section 317
- Started recipient capability audits for a head start facility
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