Office of Justice Programs Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants Awarded to the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Trenton, New Jersey

摘要

The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of two grants awarded under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety (DLPS), under grant number 2006-DJ-BX-0023 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) grant number 2009-SU-B9-0026. The purpose of the grants was to support efforts to disrupt drug and criminal networks; create community-based partnerships, safe schools, and communities; aid in substance abuse treatment in correctional facilities; improve the criminal justice system; provide law enforcement training; and support New Jersey's Safe Streets and Neighborhoods Program to address violent crime through law enforcement, prevention, and reentry focused strategies. As part of our audit, we also reviewed grants 2007-DJ-BX-0099, 2008-DJ-BX-0063, 2008-DJ-BX-0759, and 2009-DJ-BX-0801. The purpose of the JAG Program is to allow states, tribes, and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own local needs and conditions. The purpose of this audit was to determine whether reimbursements claimed for costs under the grants were allowable, supported, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and the terms and conditions of the grants, and to determine program performance and accomplishments. The objective of our audit was to review performance in the following areas: (1) grant requirements; (2) internal control environment; (3) cash management; (4) program income; (5) grant expenditures; (6) property management; (7) supplanting; (8) management of subrecipients and contractors; (9) Financial Status Reports (FSR), Progress Reports, and Recovery Act Reports; and (10) program performance and accomplishments.