We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) management procedures, practices, and controls related to the Recovery Act Management and Reporting System (RAMPS). Our objective was to assess its capability to record and provide data required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on which HUD is required to report. Overall, RAMPS had the capability to record Recovery Act data and produce the reports…

We audited the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer’s (procurement office) procedures for closing out completed and expired Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) contracts in compliance with applicable regulations. This audit was part of our audit plan for fiscal year 2010. Our objective was to determine whether the procurement office performed timely closeouts on completed and expired Ginnie Mae contracts. The procurement…

We audited the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer’s (procurement office) administration of interagency agreements (IAAs). This audit was part of our fiscal year 2010 audit plan because of congressional hearings on the use and management of IAAs throughout the Federal Government. Our objective was to determine whether the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) effectively administered its IAAs and the costs to procure these…

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) compliance with obligation deadlines and progress toward meeting expenditure requirements related to eight programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The objectives of our review were to determine whether HUD obligated ARRA funds in accordance with applicable deadlines and to assess HUD’s oversight of grantees’ expenditure of ARRA funds…

We have completed an audit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) information security program. We evaluated whether HUD’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) had developed security policies, implemented procedures, and continuously monitored its entitywide information system security program. We performed this audit because it is a required component of our fiscal year 2010 consolidated financial…

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) process for hiring employees in accordance with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidelines. The audit was initiated due to concerns about whether HUD addressed the staffing needs of its Homeownership Centers in a timely manner to address significant increases in single family mortgage workload. Our audit objective was to determine whether HUD effectively hired…

We conducted an annual limited scope review of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) compliance with Presidential Executive Order (EO) 13520, Reducing Improper Payments. HUD was in general compliance with EO 13520 annual reporting requirements. We concluded that HUD's ongoing efforts in mitigating the risks of improper payments in the rental housing assistance programs were progressing in a positive direction. However, we…

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's ability to comply with the requirements of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-127, which was revised in January 2009 and became effective on October 1, 2009. We conducted the audit as a component of the audit of HUD's consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2010 under the Chief Financial Officer's Act of 1990. We found that HUD did not fully comply with…

In this report, we provide additional details to supplement our Report on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fiscal Years 20010 and 2009 Financial Statements, which is included in HUD's Fiscal Year 2010 Agency Financial Report. In OIG's opinion, based on our audit and the reports of other auditors, the financial statements were presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with accounting principles…

This report presents the results Clifton Gunderson's (CG) audit of the fiscal year 2010 and 2009 financial statements of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The report on FHA's financial statements, dated November 3, 2010 includes an unqualified opinion on FHA's financial statements. The report contains two significant deficiencies in FHA's internal controls and one reportable instance of noncompliance with laws and regulations. The…

HUD OIG conducted an evaluation of HUD's Departmental Enforcement Center (DEC), specifically, the Compliance Division. We wanted to know whether DEC processed suspension and debarment referrals in a timely manner. We also wanted to identify ways to improve case management for suspensions and debarments. Between October 1, 2006, and December 9, 2009, the Compliance Division received a total of 978 suspension and/or debarment referrals (cases)…

We audited the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer’s (procurement office) procedures for administering completed and expired contracts in compliance with applicable regulations. Our objective was to determine whether the procurement office performed contract closeout procedures on completed and expired contracts in a timely manner. We expanded our objective to determine whether the contract files were complete and properly maintained. We…

We performed an audit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) property and equipment. We performed this audit as a result of recurring findings relating to HUD’s property and equipment reported in the fiscal years 2004 through 2008 management letters. Our objective was to determine whether HUD properly recorded and tracked the acquisition and disposal of its capitalized and other accountable property and equipment. We…

In this report, we provide additional details to supplement our Report on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements, which is included in HUD's Fiscal Year 2009 Performance and Accountability Report. In OIG's opinion, based on our audit and the reports of other auditors, the financial statements were presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with accounting…

We audited HUD's process for monitoring recipient reporting for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (Board), created by the Recovery Act, has required the Inspector General community to evaluate Federal agencies' process for monitoring recipient reporting of Recovery Act funds for the quarter ending September 30, 2009. The audit reports are to be issued to their…

The HUD Inspector General Office the management procedures, practices, and controls related to the Recovery Act Management and Reporting System (RAMPS) to assess compliance with reporting requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act). The audit found that HUD had taken actions to comply with the reporting requirements under the Recovery Act. However, HUD’s effort to implement procedures, practices, and controls…

We performed an audit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) formula-based allocations related to five programs funded in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to satisfy the Recovery Act mandate that “every taxpayer dollar spent on economic recovery be subject to unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability.” We reviewed all five HUD programs with funds which were allocated based…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General reviewed HUD's assessment of the risk for the Tax Credit Assistance Program. Our objective was to determine whether HUD’s front-end risk assessment (assessment) of the Program complied with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance for implementing the Recovery Act and applicable HUD requirements. Our review of the final assessment for the Program…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited HUD's management of human resources. We initiated the audit based on our annual audit plan and our strategic plan to help HUD resolve its major management challenges. Our objective was to determine whether HUD implemented a process and methodology to determine when to contract out for services or when to keep the services in house. Our audit did not…

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Administration's internal controls over the processing of personnel actions in response to an anonymous complaint received by our office. Our objectives were to determine why (1) human resource actions were not processed in a timely manner, (2) employee requests to waive the automatic collection of payroll overpayments were not processed before collection actions…