Grants Series March 2008 | Issue 279HUD Proposes To Establish Also In This IssueRoster of Approved Accountants Texas-based auditor Leita Hart-Fanta discusses The Department of Housing and Urban Development is proposing to the effect in a Yellow Book audit and what is the best way for auditors to eliminate boring or take more control over the selection of independent auditors by certain vague effects and concentrate on effects that are HUD grantees — a move the agency says will boost financial data accu-central to the audit. ........................................... 4racy. The agency proposed to establish a roster of approved independent public accountants (IPAs) and public accounting firms that it would allow The Ohio Department of Education plans to to perform audits in certain HUD programs. The proposal also would upgrade its subrecipient monitoring activities to establish eligibility, application and removal procedures for accounting address concerns raised in a U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General audit on firms listed on the IPA roster. HUD would be the cognizant or oversight the state’s administration of migrant education agency under the Single Audit Act for these auditees. Comments on the program funds. ................................................. 7proposal, which was released Feb. 6, are due April 7. Page 2Practice Tools OMB Says It Will Emphasize The second in a series of synopses highlighting certain finding in the ...