Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Program Timing
HUD OIG is auditing the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) to determine whether it is tracking and improving the timing of its delivery of the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program funds over the last 20 years, and whether CPD has met Congressional allocation timing requirements. Specifically, HUD OIG will be measuring the timing of three CDBG-DR program delivery points: (1) CPD’s allocation of the funds to grantees, (2) the grantees’ submission of their initial action plans, and (3) CPD’s execution of grant agreements.
Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery LMI Requirements
HUD OIG is auditing the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) to determine whether it effectively and efficiently designed its Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program requirements and monitoring to ensure that the grantees meet statutory and other Federal low-and moderate-income requirements. The CDBG-DR Program provides flexible grants to help State, cities, counties, parishes, and territories to rebuild the areas affected by Presidentially declared disasters and provide crucial seed money to start the recovery process.
Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation Security Technical Testing Topic Brief
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires all federal agencies to conduct independent security technical verification testing on a sampling of information systems annually. In conjunction with our fiscal year 2021 FISMA evaluation (2021-OE-0001), we conducted a targeted security testing asses
HUD Did Not Always Comply With Its Internal Guide When Transitioning Offices From Mandatory to Maximum Telework During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) transitioning of offices from mandatory to maximum telework during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, based on a request from Representative Gerald Connolly, to review whether HUD was employing best practices and existing guidance when deciding whether or when to require Federal employees to return to their offices. Transitioning an office to maximum telework allowed HUD employees to voluntarily return to an office.