Oversight Challenges in Managing the Country's Largest Federal-Aid Program

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Oversight Challenges in Managing the
Country's Largest Federal-Aid Program

• Michael Avery
• Financial Integrity Review and Evaluation Program
  Manager Team Leader
• July 2010

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Objectives

• Describe CA Divs Federal Aid program
• Discuss Challenges and Our Approach
• Present Results to Date
• Overview Our Future Goals/Plans

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C As Federal-Aid Program

• Federal Aid
• Funding Levels
• Requirements

• ARRA
• Funding Levels
• Requirements

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Grantees and Funds Flow
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Primary Grantee Sub-Grantees
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Challenges

• California Transportation Challenges
• Infrastructure Needs/Move projects
• Create Jobs
• Program Size and Complexity
• Financial Statement Integrity
• Potential for Fraud, Waste or Abuse

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Previous Approach

• Project Authorizations
• Gotcha
• Alignment of Resources to Program Oversight

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Current Approach
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Financial Integrity
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Oversight Relationships(Conceptual Only)
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Financial Integrity Tools
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Results

• Financial Statement integrity
• Awareness Level
• FINs
• Other Findings

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Overall Approach to Fraud, Waste and Abuse

• Risk Based Approach
• Outreach to OIG and Others
• Visible Monitoring
• ARRA Transparency and Future Impacts

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Future Plans Goals

• Risk Based Approach
• Visible Monitoring
• Preventative vs Reactive
• Performance Measures