The Office of Evaluation is initiating an evaluation of HUD’s utilization and oversight of its remote work and telework programs during the period April 25, 2022, to January 13, 2024. Our objectives are to assess: (1) HUD employees’ utilization of remote work and telework programs; (2) HUD’s administration of locality payments to its remote workers and teleworkers; and (3) HUD’s support and training of supervisors overseeing employee participation in telework and remote work programs. 

HUD OIG is conducting an audit of the New York City Housing Authority's fraud risk management practices. Fraud risk management (FRM) helps ensure program integrity by continuously and strategically mitigating both the likelihood and effects of fraud.  The objective of our audit is to assess the non-federal entity’s fraud risk management practices including control activities to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud while administering HUD program funds.  Specifically, the audit will assess the non-federal entity’s 1) commitment to combating fraud through its organizational cultu

HUD OIG has contracted with an Independent Public Accounting (IPA) firm to conduct the annual GNMA financial statement audit. The IPA's audit objectives are to (1) express an opinion on whether GNMA’s fiscal year 2024 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 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 2024 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 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 2024 financial statements are fairly presented and adequately disclosed, in all material respects, in accordance with U.S.

HUD OIG is performing this evaluation to assess HUD’s capability to meet privacy and data protection requirements and provide appropriate stakeholders with an understanding of any related potential risks to HUD’s data and the operational mission. The evaluation will also provide HUD an independent assessment of the level of maturity it has reached in developing the data and identify pillars of CISA's zero-trust architecture.

HUD OIG is conducting the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 evaluation of the HUD's information security program and practices, as required by the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). The objectives are to (1) assess the maturity level of HUD’s InfoSec program and practices based on the annual IG FISMA reporting metrics.

The Office of Evaluation is initiating an evaluation of requirements documentation in HUD’s acquisition process. Our objective is to assess HUD’s processes for developing and approving requirements documents in the pre-award phase of the acquisition life cycle.

HUD OIG is auditing HUD's compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) for fiscal year 2023. 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 and OMB Circular A‐123, Appendix C‐Requirements for Payment Integrity improvement and (2) HUD’s efforts to prevent and reduce improper payments.

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 the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) subaward data reporting requirements. Our audit objective is to determine if prime grant recipients of HUD funding reported all of the FFATA requirements for their subawards on USASpending.gov, including the amount of the subaward and a description of the products or services provided.