Audit of Yakima County, Yakima, Washington, Public Assistance ID No. 077-00000, FEMA Disaster No. 1100-DR-WA,

Oflice of1mpector General US. Department of Homeland Security 11 11 Broadway, Suite 1200 Oakland, California 94607 Homeland Security November 8,2005 MEMORANDUM FOR: John E. Pennington Regional Director FROM: ~obert vastrim Director, Grant Program Management Audit Division SUBJECT: Audit of Yakima County Yakima, Washington Public Assistance Identification Number 077-00000 FEU Disaster Number I1 00-DR- WA Audit Report DS-01-06 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited public assistance grant funds awarded to Yakima County, Yakirna, Washington (County) for Disaster No. 1100. The objective of the audrt was to determine whether the County expended and accounted for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds according to federal regulations and FEMA guidelines. The County received a public assistance grant award of $6.5 million from the Washington Military Department, Emergency Management Division (EMD), a FEMA grantee, for damage resulting from high winds, severe winter storms, and flooding that occurred from January 26, 1996 to February 3, 1996. The award provided 75 percent federal funding for 11 large projects and 13 small projects. ' The audrt covered the period January 26, 1996 to January 7,2002, and included the review of the 11 large projects and 1 small project with a total award of $6.3 million (see Exhibit). The OIG performed the audit under the authority of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, and accordrng to ...