[Payments the Department of the Interior made to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority]
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Date:  February 21, 2003

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										(No.  2003-I-0018)
										E-IN-MOA-030-2003

										February 21, 2003

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

Dear Chairwoman 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 from October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 (in accordance with the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001).    

      The National Park Service (NPS) has five accounts with DC WASA.  The largest of these 
accounts funds services for the majority of the parks and NPS facilities within the District of 
Columbia and is paid by electronic transfer of funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   
Water and sewer services found 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 and are funded out of the four remaining accounts.
      
      The NPS was timely in its first quarter electronic fund transfer payment of $556,988.84 for 
the largest account.  The parties responsible for the other locationsï¿½ payments had not received first 
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 November 5, 2002 report on fourth quarter billings indicated that NPS had not received 
bills from DC WASA for the accounts that fund services for GW Parkway and C&O Canal.  As a
follow-up, these bills have been received and paid in a timely manner.  The fourth bill for the third
quarter that was not received as of the November 5, 2002 report appears to have been included and
Paid in the fourth quarter bill.  The fourth quarter bill did not indicate that a late payment was due.

	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
									            2003-I-0018		
										E-IN-MOA-030-2003

									February 21, 2003
Honorable Mike DeWine
Ranking Minority Member
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, DC  20510-6025

Dear Senator DeWine:

	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 from October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 (in accordance with the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001).    

      The National Park Service (NPS) has five accounts with DC WASA.  The largest of these 
accounts funds services for the majority of the parks and NPS facilities within the District of 
Columbia and is paid by electronic transfer of funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   
Water and sewer services found 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 and are funded out of the four remaining accounts.
      
      The NPS was timely in its first quarter electronic fund transfer payment of $556,988.84 for 
the largest account.  The parties responsible for the other locationsï¿½ payments had not received first 
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 November 5, 2002 report on fourth quarter billings indicated that NPS had not received 
bills from DC WASA for the accounts that fund services for GW Parkway and C&O Canal.  As a
follow-up, these bills have been received and paid in a timely manner.  The fourth bill for the third
quarter that was not received as of the November 5, 2002 report appears to have been included and
Paid in the fourth quarter bill.  The fourth quarter bill did not indicate that a late payment was due.

	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
      2003-I-0018
										E-IN-MOA-030-2003

									February 21, 2003
Honorable Joe Knollenberg
Chairman, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515-6019

Dear Chairman Knollenberg:

	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 from October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 (in accordance with the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001).    

      The National Park Service (NPS) has five accounts with DC WASA.  The largest of these 
accounts funds services for the majority of the parks and NPS facilities within the District of 
Columbia and is paid by electronic transfer of funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   
Water and sewer services found 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 and are funded out of the four remaining accounts.
      
      The NPS was timely in its first quarter electronic fund transfer payment of $556,988.84 for 
the largest account.  The parties responsible for the other locationsï¿½ payments had not received first 
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 November 5, 2002 report on fourth quarter billings indicated that NPS had not received 
bills from DC WASA for the accounts that fund services for GW Parkway and C&O Canal.  As a
follow-up, these bills have been received and paid in a timely manner.  The fourth bill for the third
quarter that was not received as of the November 5, 2002 report appears to have been included and
Paid in the fourth quarter bill.  The fourth quarter bill did not indicate that a late payment was due.

	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
      
      2003-I-0018
										E-IN-MOA-030-2003

									February 21, 2003
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 from October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 (in accordance with the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001).    

      The National Park Service (NPS) has five accounts with DC WASA.  The largest of these 
accounts funds services for the majority of the parks and NPS facilities within the District of 
Columbia and is paid by electronic transfer of funds through the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   
Water and sewer services found 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 and are funded out of the four remaining accounts.
      
      The NPS was timely in its first quarter electronic fund transfer payment of $556,988.84 for 
the largest account.  The parties responsible for the other locationsï¿½ payments had not received first 
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 November 5, 2002 report on fourth quarter billings indicated that NPS had not received 
bills from DC WASA for the accounts that fund services for GW Parkway and C&O Canal.  As a
follow-up, these bills have been received and paid in a timely manner.  The fourth bill for the third
quarter that was not received as of the November 5, 2002 report appears to have been included and
Paid in the fourth quarter bill.  The fourth quarter bill did not indicate that a late payment was due.

	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