HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s subaward data reported in USAspending.gov. Doing this work will provide the current condition and challenges faced by grantees to comply with subaward data reporting requirements. Our audit objective is to determine the if prime grant recipients of HUD funding reported all of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) requirements for their subawards on USASpending.gov, including the amount of the subaward and a description of the products or services provided. 

HUD OIG has contracted with an Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm to conduct the annual HUD financial statement audit. The IPA's audit objectives are to (1) express an opinion on whether HUD’s fiscal year 2025 financial statements are fairly presented and adequatelydisclosed, in all material respects, in accordance with U.S.

HUD OIG has contracted with an Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm to conduct the annual FHA financial statement audit. The IPA's audit objectives are to (1) express an opinion on whether FHA’s fiscal year 2025 financial statements are fairly presented and adequately disclosed, in all material respects, in accordance with U.S.

HUD OIG has contracted with an Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm toconduct the annual GNMA financial statement audit. The IPA's audit objectives are to (1) express an opinion on whether GNMA’s fiscal year 2025 financial statements are fairly presented and adequately disclosed, in all material respects, in accordance with U.S.

HUD OIG is conducting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 evaluation of the HUD's information security (InfoSec) program and practices, as required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA).

HUD OIG is auditing HUD's compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) for fiscal year 2024. PIIA helps agencies identify improper payments, which could impact HUD’s beneficiaries and ultimately undermines the integrity of HUD’s programs, which hinders HUD in fully achieving its mission. Our objectives are to assess (1) whether HUD has met all requirements of PIIA for fiscal year 2024 and OMB Circular A-123 Appendix C (M-21-19), and (2) HUD’s efforts to prevent and reduce improper and unknown payments. 

HUD OIG is reviewing monetary audit recommendations that were closed by HUD under the new Closed Collection process. Upon receipt of a valid repayment agreement, HUD closes the recommendation but is still responsible for maintaining repayment documentation and ensuring adherence to the repayment agreement. Our review objective is to determine if HUD has established a repayment agreement and is receiving payments in accordance with the repayment agreement from entities for closed monetary audit recommendations.

HUD OIG is conducting an evaluation (1) to determine whether HUD’s nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements include the anti-gag provision specified in the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) of 2012; (2) to determine HUD’s process to ensure its nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements include the anti-gag provision as required by WPEA; and (3) to determine whether HUD posts the anti-gag provision on its agency website as required by WPEA.

HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s monitoring of its Field Service Management (FSM) property preservation and protection services. Our review will involve the assessment of 80 monitoring sample items and cover the period of November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023. The objective of our audit is to determine if HUD adequately monitored its Field Service Management contractors’ property preservation and protection services. 

The Office of Evaluation is initiating an evaluation of the timeliness of the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity's (ODEEO) equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint-handling process between fiscal years (FY) 2017 and 2023. The evaluation will focus on ODEEO’s EEO investigations and final agency decisions from FY 2017-2023. The objectives for this evaluation are (1) to determine factors affecting the timeliness of ODEEO's EEO complaint process, and (2) to determine how ODEEO can address any identified factors affecting the timeliness of the EEO complaint.