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Open
Closed
Funds Put to Better Use
Funds Put to Better Use
Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.
Questioned Costs
Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Sensitive
Sensitive
Sensitive information refers to information that could have a damaging import if released to the public and, therefore, must be restricted from public disclosure.
Priority
Priority
We believe these open recommendations, if implemented, will have the greatest impact on helping HUD achieve its mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.
2022-FO-0005 | June 27, 2022
HUD Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
Chief Financial Officer
2022-FO-0005-001-A
PriorityIn collaboration with all involved program offices, develop and implement a sampling methodology that allows for a sample size that reasonably allows for the testing of the complete payment cycle within the PIIA reporting timeframe.
2022-KC-0002 | March 22, 2022
Approximately 31,500 FHA-Insured Loans Did Not Maintain the Required Flood Insurance Coverage in 2020
Housing
2022-KC-0002-001-B
$1,506,887,996PriorityDevelop a control to detect loans that did not maintain the required flood insurance to put $1.5 billion to better use by avoiding potential future costs to the FHA insurance fund from inadequately insured properties.
2021-OE-0001 | February 17, 2022
Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation Report
Chief Information Officer
2021-OE-0001-06
SensitivePriorityDefine and communicate [Supply Chain Risk Management] strategy, policy, procedures, controls, roles, and responsibilities to evaluate, monitor, and address supply chain risk.* *OIG has determined the reports containing the recommendations are not appropriate for public release. In some cases, the recommendations have been summarized.2021-OE-0001-07
SensitivePriorityDefine and communicate [Supply Chain Risk Management] strategy, policy, procedures, controls, roles, and responsibilities to evaluate, monitor, and address supply chain risk.* *OIG has determined the reports containing the recommendations are not appropriate for public release. In some cases, the recommendations have been summarized.
2021-OE-0001-08
SensitivePriorityDefine and communicate [Supply Chain Risk Management] strategy, policy, procedures, controls, roles, and responsibilities to evaluate, monitor, and address supply chain risk.* *OIG has determined the reports containing the recommendations are not appropriate for public release. In some cases, the recommendations have been summarized.
2022-AT-0001 | January 05, 2022
Opportunities Exist To Improve CPD’s Oversight of and Monitoring Tools for Slow-Spending Grantees
Community Planning and Development
2022-AT-0001-001-B
PriorityUpdate its policies and procedures for tracking expenditures related to slow-spending grantees, including steps for assisting the grantees to expedite spending (including the grantee’s steps or actions to address slow spending), identifying the reasons for the delays with the grant, and documenting the outcome of its efforts.
2022-FO-0801 | October 12, 2021
Fraud Risk Inventory for the CDBG and ESG CARES Act Funds
Community Planning and Development
2022-FO-0801-001-B
PriorityComplete a program-specific fraud risk assessment and risk profile for the CDBG and ESG programs, with emphasis on CARES Act funding, and replicate this process to create program-specific fraud assessments and risk profiles for other CPD programs.
2021-CH-0001 | September 15, 2021
HUD Remains Challenged To Serve the Maximum Number of Eligible Families Due to Decreasing Utilization in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Public and Indian Housing
2021-CH-0001-001-B
SensitivePriorityEstablish and implement a plan for the unused and unfunded vouchers to mitigate or prevent additional vouchers from becoming unused and unfunded […] *OIG has determined the reports containing the recommendations are not appropriate for public release. In some cases, the recommendations have been summarized.
2020-OE-0002 | August 02, 2021
Opportunities Exist To Improve the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Hiring Process
Office of Chief Human Capital Officer
2020-OE-0002-06
PriorityCreate and implement a knowledge management strategy, such as developing standard operating procedures, reference sheets, and program office fact sheets.
2021-AT-0002 | May 17, 2021
HUD Did Not Fully Comply With the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
Chief Financial Officer
2021-AT-0002-001-A
PriorityFor the MF-RAP, PIH-TBRA, and CPD-HIM programs, ensure that the program improper payments rate estimates adequately test for and include improper payments of Federal funding that are made by State, local, and other organizations administering these programs and adequately disclose any limitations imposed or encountered when reporting on improper payments, to a degree that fairly informs users of the respective reported information.
2020-OE-0003 | April 12, 2021
HUD Program Offices’ Policies and Approaches for Radon
Community Planning and Development
2020-OE-0003-01
PriorityDevelop and issue a departmentwide policy that notes that radon is a radioactive substance and outlines HUD's requirements to test for and mitigate excessive radon levels in accordance with 24 CFR 50.3(i)(1) and 58.5(i)(2)(i).
2020-CH-0005 | August 21, 2020
HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Lead in the Water of Multifamily Housing Units
Housing
2020-CH-0005-001-A
PriorityDevelop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in multifamily housing units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water.
2019-OE-0002 | June 25, 2020
HUD Fiscal Year 2019 Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) Evaluation Report
Chief Information Officer
2019-OE-0002-07
SensitivePriorityImplement and formally document a comprehensive credentialed vulnerability scan program of all network components and applications, including web applications, in accordance with HUD risk management decisions. Ensure resources for all configuration management activities are allocated in a risk-based manner. *OIG has determined the reports containing the recommendations are not appropriate for public release. In some cases, the recommendations have been summarized.2019-OE-0002-16
SensitivePriorityFully implement the capability for the HUD [Security Operation Center] to monitor all inbound and outbound traffic and all HUD network devices.* *OIG has determined the reports containing the recommendations are not appropriate for public release. In some cases, the recommendations have been summarized.
2020-CH-0003 | March 18, 2020
HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Public Housing Agencies’ Compliance With the Lead Safe Housing Rule
Public and Indian Housing
2020-CH-0003-001-A
PriorityEnsure that its staff appropriately determines exemptions from the Lead Safe Housing Rule and documents support of the determinations.2020-CH-0003-001-B
PriorityEnsure that its staff determines whether a child under 6 years of age resides in an exempted development. If a child is determined to reside in an exempted development take appropriate actions in accordance with its internal policies.
2019-KC-0003 | September 30, 2019
FHA Insured at Least $13 Billion in Loans to Ineligible Borrowers With Delinquent Federal Tax Debt
Housing
2019-KC-0003-001-A
$6,130,757,970PriorityRequire lenders to obtain the borrowers’ consent to verify the existence of delinquent Federal taxes with the IRS during loan origination and deny any applicant with delinquent Federal tax debt and no payment plan or a noncompliant payment plan or an applicant refusing to provide consent from receiving FHA insurance to put at least $6.1 billion to better use by avoiding potential future costs to the FHA insurance fund.
2018-OE-0003 | October 31, 2018
HUD Fiscal Year 2018 Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) Evaluation Report
Chief Information Officer
2018-OE-0003-08
SensitivePriorityImplement and formally document a comprehensive credentialed vulnerability scan program of all network components and applications, including web applications, in accordance with HUD risk management decisions. Ensure resources for all configuration management activities are allocated in a risk-based manner. *OIG has determined the reports containing the recommendations are not appropriate for public release. In some cases, the recommendations have been summarized.
2018-LA-0007 | September 27, 2018
HUD Paid an Estimated $413 Million for Unnecessary Preforeclosure Claim Interest and Other Costs Due to Lender Servicing Delays
Housing
2018-LA-0007-001-A
$413,513,975PriorityImplement a change to regulations at 24 CFR Part 203 to require curtailment of preforeclosure interest and other costs that are caused by lender servicing delays, resulting in $413,513,975 in funds to be put to better use. This should include updating or seeking statutory authority to update HUD’s regulations as necessary and coordinating with HUD’s Office of Finance and Budget, well before any changes go through departmental clearance, to ensure that planned curtailment requirements can be consistently enforced through the claims process.
2018-KC-0001 | March 26, 2018
FHA Insured $1.9 Billion in Loans to Borrowers Barred by Federal Requirements
Housing
2018-KC-0001-001-A
$1,905,340,944PriorityDevelop a method for using the Do Not Pay portal during the underwriting process to identify delinquent child support and delinquent Federal debt to prevent future FHA loans to ineligible borrowers to put $1,905,340,944 to better use.