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The devastating and tragic wildfires in Los Angeles, like many natural disasters, have caused hardship conditions that leave individuals, businesses, and communities vulnerable to bad actors who take advantage of those impacted by these severe weather emergencies.
HUD’s Office of Housing contracts with performance-based contract administrators to administer the housing assistance payments (HAP) contract with owners. Through RAD, HUD oversees the HAP contracts for converted properties and monitors owners for compliance with HUD’s requirements, which include maintaining (1) units in decent, safe, and sanitary condition and (2) reserve for replacement accounts to help defray the cost of replacing properties’ capital items.
December 17, 2024, letter from Inspector General Oliver Davis transmitting the evaluation report, “The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Nondisclosure Agreements’ Incorporation of Whistleblower Protections” to Senator Grassley. We commenced this evaluation based on the Senator’s request to review whether the nondisclosure policies, forms, agreements, and related documents specific to HUD include the anti-gag provision required by law.
We obtained the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) two nondisclosure policies and two nondisclosure forms applicable to HUD employees. We also obtained 13 nondisclosure agreements between HUD and HUD employees. The nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements did not include the anti-gag provision as required by the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) of 2012. HUD had not ensured that these nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements included the anti-gag provision as required by law.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted penetration testing concurrently with our fiscal year 2024 Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) evaluation.
