Office of Evaluation, IT Evaluation Division (iTED) conducted an evaluation of HUD’s IT Modernization program, which included reviews on the implementation and maturity of HUD’s capital planning and investment control (CIPIC) process and Enterprise Architecture (EA) program. With the corroboration of HUD’s Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO), the report focuses on three major IT programs and policies within the CPIC and EA programs: IT Modernization Roadmap, HUD IT Infrastructure, and Data Governance.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG) assisted the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California in the civil investigation of Iron Mountain, Incorporated, and Iron Mountain Information Management, LLC (Iron Mountain).  Iron Mountain is headquartered in Boston, MA.  The investigation began due to a qui tam[1] filing in the U.S.

We audited the U.S.

We reviewed the general and application controls over the U.S.

We reviewed information system controls over the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) computing environment.  This review was conducted as part of the Office of Inspector General’s audit of HUD’s financial statements for fiscal year 2014 under the Chief Financial Officer’s Act of 1990. The OIG has determined that the contents of this report would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

We conducted further analysis of our reported findings in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 that the U.S.

We audited the U.S.

We audited the U.S.

The Office of Evaluation performed preliminary research of the HUD Office of the Chief Information Officer’s (OCIO) management of the agency’s reporting of financial and project information on the Federal IT Dashboard (Dashboard).  The objective of the evaluation was to determine if OCIO processes ensured accurate IT investment information was reported on the Dashboard.  We found that project managers did not consistently follow processes when they reported IT financial Information for the Dashboard.  Of 38 points of contact who received our request to complete a questionnaire,

In accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, we are required to annually audit the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the stand alone financial statements of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Government National Mortgage Administration (Ginnie Mae). Our objective was to express an opinion on the fairness of the financial statements in accordance with U.S.