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Date Issued

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2023-OE-0007a-01

    Housing should include zero trust requirements as part of the Housing Strategic Roadmap for Housing Modernization.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2023-OE-0007a-02

    Housing should refine access controls within the FHA Catalyst modules that are dynamic, are tailored to user actions, and require continuous reauthentication to ensure that users have access only to information needed.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2023-OE-0007a-03

    Housing should coordinate with HUD’s SOC to a. Ensure that FHA Catalyst user behavior monitoring logs are regularly captured and adequately reviewed for discrepancies in user activities. b. Establish program office responsibility for the log review process.  

Chief Information Officer

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-OE-0002-01

    HUD OCIO should a) resolve the conflicts between its Inventory of Automated Systems (IAS) policy and web applications policy to clarify if web applications will be inventories in IAS, the web application Sharepoint site, or both; and b) implement the chosen resolution to this conflict to develop a consistent inventory of web applications (IG FISMA metric 1).

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-OE-0002-02

    HUD OCIO should implement an automated governance, risk, and compliance tool to manage risk from all sources across the three tiers of the organization in a timely manner. This recommendation updates FY 2021 FISMA recommendation number 5 (IG FISMA metrics 5, 9, and 10).

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-OE-0002-03

    HUD OCIO should employ automation to maintain a timely and accurate view of security configuration information for all systems connected to its network (IG FISMA metric 20).

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-OE-0002-04

    HUD OCIO should demonstrate that it can implement its defined security responses if a baseline configuration is changed without authorization. This can be shown by either a response to a real incident if one happens or through a testing exercise if there are no applicable incidents (IG FISMA metric 23).

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-OE-0002-05

    HUD OCIO should review its security training program and determine whether it should provide general cybersecurity awareness training to external users of its systems and data (IG FISMA metric 44).

Office of Chief Human Capital Officer

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-OE-0004-01

    Implement a process to identify teleworkers most at risk of receiving incorrect locality payments, verify that their official duty stations are correct and they are reporting to their official duty stations as required, and if necessary, correct their locality payments.

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-BO-0005-001-A

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity update protocols to promote consistent expectations for timely supervisory, legal, and headquarters reviews of complex cases.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-BO-0005-001-B

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity review and update the MOUs with OGC for each region to identify and remove inefficiencies that can lead to longer FHEO investigation times and OGC review times and identify best practices that can be implemented across all regions.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-BO-0005-001-C

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity review and update investigative processes followed by each regional office to identify best practices that can be implemented across all regions and identify and remove inefficiencies that can lead to longer investigation times.

Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-LA-0001-001-A

    Take corrective action for the subrecipient monitoring and agreement issues cited for eight of the ESG-CV grantees reviewed, and provide additional guidance and technical assistance as needed to ensure that they understand requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-LA-0001-001-B

    Develop and implement additional subrecipient monitoring training and guidance for all ESG grantees.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1004-001-A

    Provide evidence to support that the owners corrected the 46 deficiencies for the 20 units with outstanding deficiencies. If the owners fail to provide evidence that they made the required corrections, HUD should require the Authority to implement its HAP enforcement procedures and provide supporting documentation to HUD evidencing that it did so.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1004-001-B
    $34,487,989
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Improve its quality control process for monitoring its inspectors to enhance the effectiveness of its unit inspections and ensure that all units meet HUD’s and its own requirements to prevent more than $34 million in Program funds from being spent on units that do not meet HQS over the next year. This process should include but not be limited to procedures (1) requiring its staff to use the quality control inspection results to evaluate and monitor the performance of the Authority’s inspectors, along with maintaining adequate supporting documentation on feedback provided to the inspectors for recurring inspection deficiencies and (2) for evaluating the training provided to its inspectors to determine what improvements are needed to ensure that unit deficiencies are detected.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1004-002-A
    $106,477
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Pursue collection from the applicable owners or reimburse its HCV Program from non-Federal funds $106,477 ($180,309 - $73,832) in inappropriate HAP

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1004-002-B

    Provide evidence to HUD that it has improved its controls and procedures for its stop payment process to ensure that (1) payments to owners comply with its HCV Program administrative plan and HUD requirements and (2) it maintains documentation to support stop payments and resumption of those payments for each unit as applicable.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1004-002-C

    Provide documentation to support that HAP was appropriately paid to the owners for the 66 units that had more than one stop payment. If additional HAP was inappropriately paid, the Authority should pursue collection from the applicable owners or reimburse its HCV Program from non-Federal funds.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1004-003-A

    Review its records to confirm whether it had cases of children with EBLLs during our audit period and work with the owner(s) of the HCV Program units to provide required documentation to HUD.