The General Land Office Community Development and Revitalization Division (CDR) has policies, procedures, and guidelines, to ensure adequate vendor management processes for the Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) programs.
We concluded that the Coastal Resources Grant Programs section generally complied with the terms of applicable Coastal Erosion Planning & Response Act (CEPRA) Project Cooperation Agreements and adequately managed CEPRA projects reviewed during this audit in accordance to the agency’s CEPRA Policies and Procedures Manual.
We concluded that the GLO generally complied with some of the significant requirements of the Beach Watch program during the period under audit. The GLO’s Beach Watch program previously experienced considerable employee turnover with new team members starting in September 2018.
The General Land Office’s Contract Management Division (CMD) has established practices and controls in place to adequately ensure that agency contracts are managed, reported, and monitored in accordance with state requirements and agency guidelines
The Texas General Land Office's, Community Development and Revitalization (GLO-CDR) program has established effective controls and processes to ensure the Single-Family Assistance programs for the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) of the 2015 and 2016 Flood Grant Programs are adequately administered
The General Land Office (GLO), Veterans’ Land Board (VLB), Land and Housing Division has established processes and management controls to ensure the adequate management and monitoring of vendor performance for its loan programs.
The Minerals Review section of the Energy Resources program area has established written policies and procedures to perform compliance activities for late reporting, late royalty payments, and oil and gas volume and pricing errors
We concluded that the Receiver’s Office controls are generally effective in ensuring that payments and cash received are appropriately accepted, deposited, and managed in compliance with agency policies.
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has established processes and controls to ensure the adequate administration of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) and compliance with the operational guidelines of the act.
The Financial Reporting and Accounting section of the Texas General Land Office and Veterans Land Board has implemented the requirements associated with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Statement No. 87, Leases (GASB-87).