[DCWASA May 3, 2004]
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Report No. E-IN-MOA-0070-2004

Title: DCWASA May 3, 2004

  

Date:  May 3, 2004

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To:  The Honorable Mike DeWine
Chairman
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, DC  20510-6025

Subject:  DCWASA May 3, 2004 (No. E-IN-MOA-0070-2004)


Dear Mr. Chairman:

	This letter communicates our findings on the promptness of payments the Department of the Interior made to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) for water and sewer services provided for second quarter fiscal year 2004, from January 1, 2004, through
March 31, 2004, (in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001).    

      The National Park Service (NPS) pays DC WASA for services to the majority of the parks and NPS facilities within the District of Columbia by electronic transfer of funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   Water and sewer services provided along the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GW Parkway) and within the C&O Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) are paid individually by either check or third party draft directly to DC WASA.
      
      NPS was timely in its second quarter electronic fund transfer payment of $375,536.30 for the largest account.  The parties responsible for the other locationsï¿½ payments had not received second quarter bills at the time of our inquiry.  In our next quarterly report, we will include information as to whether these bills have been received and paid in a timely manner.  

      Our February 13, 2004 report on first quarter billing indicated that NPS had not received first quarter bills.  During our current review, we noted that billings had not been received and were not paid in a timely manner.
       
	Should you have questions regarding this information, please feel free to contact me at (202) 208-5745 or Ms. Pamela Boteler, Director of External Affairs, Office of Inspector General, at (202) 208-3273.

						Sincerely,

						(Signed)			
			
						Earl E. Devaney
Inspector General 
	
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									May 3, 2004

Honorable Mary L. Landrieu
Ranking Minority Member
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, DC  20510-6025

Dear Senator Landrieu:

	This letter communicates our findings on the promptness of payments the Department of the Interior made to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) for water and sewer services provided for second quarter fiscal year 2004, from January 1, 2004, through
March 31, 2004, (in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001).    

      The National Park Service (NPS) pays DC WASA for services to the majority of the parks and NPS facilities within the District of Columbia by electronic transfer of funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   Water and sewer services provided along the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GW Parkway) and within the C&O Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) are paid individually by either check or third party draft directly to DC WASA.
      
      NPS was timely in its second quarter electronic fund transfer payment of $375,536.30 for the largest account.  The parties responsible for the other locationsï¿½ payments had not received second quarter bills at the time of our inquiry.  In our next quarterly report, we will include information as to whether these bills have been received and paid in a timely manner.  

      Our February 13, 2004 report on first quarter billing indicated that NPS had not received first quarter bills.  During our current review, we noted that billings had not been received and were not paid in a timely manner.
       
	Should you have questions regarding this information, please feel free to contact me at (202) 208-5745 or Ms. Pamela Boteler, Director of External Affairs, Office of Inspector General, at (202) 208-3273.

						Sincerely,

						(Signed)

						Earl E. Devaney
						Inspector General


            
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									May 3, 2004

Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen
Chairman, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515-6019

Dear Mr. Chairman:

	This letter communicates our findings on the promptness of payments the Department of the Interior made to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) for water and sewer services provided for second quarter fiscal year 2004, from January 1, 2004, through
March 31, 2004, (in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001).    

      The National Park Service (NPS) pays DC WASA for services to the majority of the parks and NPS facilities within the District of Columbia by electronic transfer of funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   Water and sewer services provided along the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GW Parkway) and within the C&O Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) are paid individually by either check or third party draft directly to DC WASA.
      
      NPS was timely in its second quarter electronic fund transfer payment of $375,536.30 for the largest account.  The parties responsible for the other locationsï¿½ payments had not received second quarter bills at the time of our inquiry.  In our next quarterly report, we will include information as to whether these bills have been received and paid in a timely manner.  

      Our February 13, 2004 report on first quarter billing indicated that NPS had not received first quarter bills.  During our current review, we noted that billings had not been received and were not paid in a timely manner.
       
	Should you have questions regarding this information, please feel free to contact me at (202) 208-5745 or Ms. Pamela Boteler, Director of External Affairs, Office of Inspector General, at (202) 208-3273.

						Sincerely,

						(Signed)

						Earl E. Devaney
					Inspector General


            
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            May 3, 2004

Honorable Chaka Fattah
Ranking Minority Member
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515-6019

Dear Congressman Fattah:

	This letter communicates our findings on the promptness of payments the Department of the Interior made to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) for water and sewer services provided for second quarter fiscal year 2004, from January 1, 2004, through
March 31, 2004, (in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001).    

      The National Park Service (NPS) pays DC WASA for services to the majority of the parks and NPS facilities within the District of Columbia by electronic transfer of funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   Water and sewer services provided along the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GW Parkway) and within the C&O Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) are paid individually by either check or third party draft directly to DC WASA.
      
      NPS was timely in its second quarter electronic fund transfer payment of $375,536.30 for the largest account.  The parties responsible for the other locationsï¿½ payments had not received second quarter bills at the time of our inquiry.  In our next quarterly report, we will include information as to whether these bills have been received and paid in a timely manner.  

      Our February 13, 2004 report on first quarter billing indicated that NPS had not received first quarter bills.  During our current review, we noted that billings had not been received and were not paid in a timely manner.
       
	Should you have questions regarding this information, please feel free to contact me at (202) 208-5745 or Ms. Pamela Boteler, Director of External Affairs, Office of Inspector General, at (202) 208-3273.

						Sincerely,
						
						(Signed)
						
      Earl E. Devaney
					Inspector General