This report presents the results Clifton Gunderson's (CG) audit of the fiscal year 2010 and 2009 financial statements of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). The report on FHA's financial statements, dated November 3, 2010 includes an unqualified opinion on FHA's financial statements. The report contains two significant deficiencies in FHA's internal controls and one reportable instance of noncompliance with laws and...

HUD OIG conducted an evaluation of HUD's Departmental Enforcement Center (DEC), specifically, the Compliance Division. We wanted to know whether DEC processed suspension and debarment referrals in a timely manner. We also wanted to identify ways to improve case management for suspensions and debarments. Between October 1, 2006, and December 9, 2009, the Compliance Division received a total of 978 suspension and/or debarment referrals (cases)...

We audited the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer’s (procurement office) procedures for administering completed and expired contracts in compliance with applicable regulations. Our objective was to determine whether the procurement office performed contract closeout procedures on completed and expired contracts in a timely manner. We expanded our objective to determine whether the contract files were complete and properly maintained. We...

We performed an audit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) property and equipment. We performed this audit as a result of recurring findings relating to HUD’s property and equipment reported in the fiscal years 2004 through 2008 management letters. Our objective was to determine whether HUD properly recorded and tracked the acquisition and disposal of its capitalized and other accountable property and equipment. We...

In this report, we provide additional details to supplement our Report on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008 Financial Statements, which is included in HUD's Fiscal Year 2009 Performance and Accountability Report. In OIG's opinion, based on our audit and the reports of other auditors, the financial statements were presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with...

We audited HUD's process for monitoring recipient reporting for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (Board), created by the Recovery Act, has required the Inspector General community to evaluate Federal agencies' process for monitoring recipient reporting of Recovery Act funds for the quarter ending September 30, 2009. The audit reports are to be issued...

The HUD Inspector General Office the management procedures, practices, and controls related to the Recovery Act Management and Reporting System (RAMPS) to assess compliance with reporting requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act). The audit found that HUD had taken actions to comply with the reporting requirements under the Recovery Act. However, HUD’s effort to implement procedures, practices, and controls...

We performed an audit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) formula-based allocations related to five programs funded in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to satisfy the Recovery Act mandate that “every taxpayer dollar spent on economic recovery be subject to unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability.” We reviewed all five HUD programs with funds which were allocated based...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General reviewed HUD's assessment of the risk for the Tax Credit Assistance Program. Our objective was to determine whether HUD’s front-end risk assessment (assessment) of the Program complied with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance for implementing the Recovery Act and applicable HUD requirements. Our review of the final assessment for the...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited HUD's management of human resources. We initiated the audit based on our annual audit plan and our strategic plan to help HUD resolve its major management challenges. Our objective was to determine whether HUD implemented a process and methodology to determine when to contract out for services or when to keep the services in house. Our...

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Administration's internal controls over the processing of personnel actions in response to an anonymous complaint received by our office. Our objectives were to determine why (1) human resource actions were not processed in a timely manner, (2) employee requests to waive the automatic collection of payroll overpayments were not processed before collection...

In this report, we provide additional details to supplement our Report on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007 Financial Statements, which is included in HUD's Fiscal Year 2008 Performance and Accountability Report. In OIG's opinion, based on our audit and the reports of other auditors, the financial statements were presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General reviewed HUD's management of human resources. We initiated the review based on our annual audit plan and our strategic plan to help HUD resolve its major management challenges. The review also addressed a complaint to our Hotline regarding the adequacy of HUD's Total Estimation and Allocation Mechanism (TEAM) system. Our objectives were to...

We audited the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) management of its information technology resources and compliance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other federal information security requirements. Our overall objective was to determine whether FHA effectively managed security controls relating to its information technology resources. This audit supported our financial statement audits of FHA and HUD as...

We reviewed general and application controls for selected information systems to assess management controls over the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) computing environments as part of the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) audit of HUD's financial statements for fiscal year 2007 under the Chief Financial Officer's Act of 1990. Our review was based on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) "...

This report provides additional details to supplement our Report on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fiscal Years 2007 and 2006 Financial Statements, which is included in HUD's Fiscal Year 2007 Performance and Accountability Report. In OIG'S opinion, based on our audit and the reports of other auditors, the financial statements were presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with...

This report presents the results of Urbach Kahn and Werlin LLP's audit of the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) financial statements for the years ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. In Urbach Kahn and Werlin's opinion, FHA's principal financial statements are presented fairly, in all material respects, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The report identifies three...

This report presents the results of Carmichael, Brasher, Tuvell and Company's audit of the Government National Mortgage Association's (Ginnie Mae) financial statements for the years ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. In Carmichael, Brasher, Tuvell and Company's opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Ginnie Mae as of September 30, 2007 and September 30, 2006 and the...

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Timothy J. Oravec, age 59, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was arrested today on charges that he defrauded the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and some of its employees by falsely claiming to have cancer, and obtaining and using leave time donated to him by his colleagues. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Christina Scaringi, Special Agent in Charge for HUD’s...