We audited the City of Houston’s Hurricane Harvey Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.  We initiated this audit as part of our commitment to helping the U.S.

HUD OIG is conducting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 evaluation of the HUD's information security program and practices, as required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014.

In accordance with the mandated work in FISMA, we are conducting the annual evaluation of information security practices, policies, and procedures established by HUD and the HUD Office of the Chief Information Officer. As part of the evaluation, we will also review 8 sample systems within 7 HUD program offices. Two products will result from our work; the mandated DHS CyberScope FISMA IG metrics report and a narrative report.

We will review HUD OCIO’s most recent IT modernization roadmap and strategy along with any other supporting documentation HUD can provide regarding modernization progress and milestones. Specifically, we will identify the various ongoing modernization projects within the roadmap and obtain documentation about the status of the individual projects.

To provide the HUD Secretary, senior leadership and Congress with an overview of the current status of Information Technology (IT) at HUD, the challenges they have overcome since the first 2018 IT Brief and the challenges they continue to face.

To determine if HUD has processes in place to efficiently and effectively conduct information technology (IT) acquisitions.

HUD OIG is auditing a Texas subrecipient’s 2017 disaster program.  In 2018, HUD directed its grantee to allocate $1.1 billion of its $5.024 billion Hurricane Harvey grant to the subrecipient.  The subrecipient planned to operate 11 programs with its grant funds.  The audit objective is to examine the status of the subrecipient's HUD-approved activities and challenges, if any, in implementing the activities.

HUD OIG is auditing a Texas subrecipient’s 2017 disaster program.  In 2018, HUD directed its grantee to allocate $1.1 billion of its $5.024 billion Hurricane Harvey grant to the subrecipient.  The subrecipient planned to operate 11 programs with its grant funds.  The audit objective is to examine the status of the subrecipient's HUD-approved activities and challenges, if any, in implementing the activities.

In accordance with the mandated work in FISMA, we are conducting the annual evaluation of information security practices, policies, and procedures established by HUD and the HUD Office of the Chief Information Officer. As part of the evaluation, we will also review 8 sample systems within 7 HUD program offices. Two products will result from our work; the mandated DHS CyberScope FISMA IG metrics report and a narrative report.

HUD OIG is reviewing the State of North Carolina’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster (CDBG-DR) program.  The State received an appropriation of more than $741 million in CDBG-DR funding.  The review objective was to determine whether the State of North Carolina has the capacity to administer its CDBG-DR grants in accordance with applicable regulations and requirements.