Report 2009-037 Recommendations and Responses in 2012-041

Report 2009-037: Department of Housing and Community Development: Housing Bond Funds Generally Have Been Awarded Promptly and in Compliance With Law, but Monitoring Continues to Need Improvement

Department Number of Years Reported As Not Fully Implemented Total Recommendations to Department Not Implemented After One Year Not Implemented as of Most Recent Response
Department of Housing and Community Development 2 6 2 2

Recommendation To: Housing and Community Development, Department of

To ensure that data maintained in CAPES are accurate and complete, HCD should complete its review of the accuracy of the data transferred to CAPES.

Response

Complete the validation of identified critical CAPES fields, including those that converted from legacy systems and those that have been entered since conversion, by documenting business rules for comparing CAPES data to source documents and by making any needed corrections to these fields. Designate specific staff, including at least one retired annuitant, to complete the data clean up.


Recommendation To: Housing and Community Development, Department of

HCD should ensure that its cleanup efforts are thoroughly documented and retained for future reference.

Response

Complete the documentation of identified critical field clean up by making hard copies of:

• screen shots of identified critical database fields, and

• business rules for these fields

By ensuring staff and/or managers initial and date the hard copy documentation after verification and by storing these hard copy documents in an organized manner.


Current Status of Recommendations

All Recommendations in 2012-041