Are there specific actions that States should be considering related to tracking these ARRA funded projects in case of audit?
In addition to the normal stewardship and oversight that is applied to the administration of projects, Division offices and States should engage in discussions about the plan of actions each will take to pay special attention to the ARRA funds. We suggest that attention is given to tracking the use of funds on projects from start to finish, e.g. types of projects (with some detail regarding the description or scope of work), when various project activities (like advertising, award, notice to proceed, etc.) begin and/or end, how many people are employed during the various of phases where these funds are used, etc. For this administrative effort, details are suggested versus streamlining. There will probably be requests for many different cuts of information regarding use of the ARRA funds and benefits to the economy. In addition, the Division offices and States should include the locally-administered projects in tracking the projects that use the ARRA funds.
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