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Page 1: Coastal Impact Assistance Program - Louisianaapp1.lla.la.gov/PublicReports.nsf/F1B0ACC724B3AED686257B87004C1… · At the request of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

Why We Conducted This EngagementAt the request of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), we performed agreed-upon procedures to assist management in evaluating the sufficiency of the documentation used to support

expenditures of Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) funds.

Coastal Protection and Restoration AuthorityCoastal Impact Assistance Program

Audit Control # 52120013Recovery Assistance Services • June 2013

DARYL G. PURPERA, CPA, CFE

Report Highlights

What We Found• CPRAdidnothaveadequate

writtenpoliciesandproceduresfortheCIAP.

• InthreeinstancesCPRAtaskedthesameengineeringfirmwithdesigningaprojectandoverseeingtheconstructionofthatproject.

• CPRAdidnotensurethatcertaincontractprovisionswerefollowed.

• Invoicestotaling$261,422(.3%)outofthe$83,306,197ofinvoicestestedwerecodedincorrectly.

• Ofthe$70,988inmileageinvoicedinoursample,$4,009didnotagreewithstatetravelregulations.

View the full report, including management’s response, at www.lla.la.gov.

Sampled CIAP Projects

TheStateofLouisiana’sCIAPplanconsistsof31state-fundedand76parish-fundedprojectswithtotalbudgetedcostsof$495,670,947.Wereviewedasampleof10state-fundedprojectswithbudgetedcoststotaling$143,228,615thatwereatleastpartiallyfundedduringtheperiodJanuary1,2007throughDecember31,2012.

WeappreciatetheCPRA’sassistanceinthisengagement.