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New York State Can Improve Its Disaster Recovery Procurement Processes

Require the State to include in its procurement policy a reference to the New York State law which limits a State waiver of policies to 30 days unless renewed and to ensure that it clearly states whether the law affects the Governor’s 2012 waiver. Further, if it does not affect the 2012 waiver, require the State to take action to limit the use of that waiver to ensure full and open competition.
 

Potential Fraud Risks and Schemes for HUD’s Disaster Recovery Funds

Beginning in 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted several audits to assess HUD’s anti-fraud efforts and to develop inventories of fraud risks for several of its programs.  Our previous work found that HUD’s fraud risk management program was in its early stages of development and we recommended that HUD perform program-specific fraud risk assessments and incorporate these assessments into an agency-wide plan to further advance its program.

Attestation Review of HUD’s Compliance with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for Fiscal Year 2025 Reporting

HUD OIG is initiating an attestation review of HUD’s Compliance with ONDCP for fiscal year 2025 reporting. At least every 3 years, HUD OIG is required to authenticate HUD’s detailed accounting of all funds expended by the agency for National Drug Control Program activities; OIG’s last review was conducted for FY 2022. Our objectve is to authenticate HUD management’s assertion of accuracy, completeness, relevance, and timeliness of the detailed accounting of all funds expended by the Department for National Drug Control Program activities during FY 2025.

 

Disaster Recovery Biannual Report – May 2025 to November 2025

This disaster recovery biannual report and subsequent annual reports will provide curated information regarding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and its grantees’ use of the more than $109 billion in disaster recovery funds approved by Congress since the 2001 World Trade Center attack, as well as information on new or completed HUD OIG oversight work related to HUD’s disaster recovery program.

The New York City Department of Social Services Should Enhance Its Fraud Risk Management Practices for its ESG CARES Act Funding

We audited New York City (NYC) Department of Social Services (DSS) with the objective of evaluating DSS’ fraud risk management practices for its Emergency Solutions Grants Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (ESG CARES Act) funded activities and assessed the maturity of its efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud.  Fraud within activities funded by the ESG CARES Act can lead to significant financial losses, reputational damage to the grantee and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), breach of fiduciary duty, and most importan

Audit of the U.S. Virigin Islands Housing Programs

HUD OIG is auditing the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). As a result of the devastation caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria during September 2017, HUD allocated almost $2 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Mitigation funds to USVI to help it recover from the hurricanes. Our objective is to determine whether USVI is adhering to applicable program requirements in the performance and management of its CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT housing programs.

New York State Can Improve Its Disaster Recovery Procurement Processes

We audited New York State’s Hurricane Sandy disaster procurement processes.  Our audit objective was to determine whether the State conducted its Hurricane Sandy-funded disaster recovery procurements using full, fair, and open competition methods.  By continuing to use a November 2012 Governor-issued temporary waiver, the State did not foster open competition and ensure that it obtained the best services at the best prices.  Our testing found that the State used the Governor’s waiver to explain why it did not follow its contracting requirements when it (1) allowed six c