For the remaining retroactive RAD conversion not completed, to take steps including but not limited to training staff responsible for reviewing and approving RAD applications to ensure that it enforces its requirement that the tenant protection assistance is provided to tenants before the submission of the RAD application.
2020-AT-0802 | February 18, 2020
HUD Inaccurately Allotted Funding for Tenant Protection Assistance and Improperly Approved a Proposed RAD Conversion
Housing
- Status2020-AT-0802-001-DOpenClosed
2020-FO-0003 | February 07, 2020
Additional Details To Supplement Our Fiscal Year 2019 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Financial Statements Audit
Chief Procurement Officer
- Status2020-FO-0003-004-DOpenClosed
Assign independent, contract officers to review and certify the initiating contract buyer’s compliance with policies for initiating and authorizing interagency agreements and later modifications for all amounts in accordance with Acquisition Instruction 13-07, HUD Contracting Officers.
- Status2020-FO-0003-004-EOpenClosed
Ensure that contracting officers and OCPO field offices review and follow the records management policies and procedures, including completing and signing Forms 7600A and 7600B, to ensure consistency among contract officers approving interagency agreements in the procurement system of record.
Housing
- Status2020-FO-0003-004-COpenClosed
Develop and implement policy and procedures for the incremental obligation process used for project-based Section 8 funds, including documentation for determining the incremental amounts and controls to review the amounts for accuracy.
2020-AT-0801 | February 04, 2020
HUD Had Not Established Deadlines for Reporting FHA-HAMP Nonincentivized Loan Modifications and Filing Nonincentivized Partial Claims
Housing
- Status2020-AT-0801-001-AOpenClosed
Update HUD’s loss mitigation policies, to include deadlines for the servicers to file the FHA-HAMP nonincentivized partial claims, and consider imposing sanctions for noncompliance with these deadline requirements.
- Status2020-AT-0801-001-BOpenClosed
Update HUD’s loss mitigation policies, to include deadlines for the servicers to report the new terms of the FHA-HAMP nonincentivized loan modifications, and consider imposing sanctions for noncompliance with these deadline requirements.
2020-KC-0001 | January 31, 2020
HUD’s Purchase Card Program Had Inaccurate Records, Untimely Training, and Improper Purchases
Chief Procurement Officer
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-AOpenClosed
Implement a process to periodically audit or reconcile ARC’s records.
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-BOpenClosed
Implement a process to periodically review approving officials’ span of control to ensure that the requirement is not exceeded.
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-COpenClosed
Implement a process with ARC to ensure that cardholders and approving officials are notified before purchase card training is due to allow training to be completed in a timely manner.
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-DOpenClosed
Implement a process to ensure that purchase cards are suspended when a cardholder or approving official fails to complete training.
- Status2020-KC-0001-001-EOpenClosed
Research why ARC provided incomplete monthly transactional data and identify a solution to ensure the completeness of future transmissions.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-AOpenClosed
Enhance the process to periodically analyze data for split transactions or improper MCCs and follow up on any potential issues identified.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-BOpenClosed
Require ARC to update its MCC tracking log, to include the amount, the date of MCC override removal, and staff assigned, to ensure that an override is removed after the approved purchase is made.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-COpenClosed
Implement a process with Citibank and ARC to provide global notifications to cardholders and approving officials before autoclosures of credit card statements.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-DOpenClosed
Implement a process to suspend cardholders or approving officials who repeatedly cause HUD to pay interest.
- Status2020-KC-0001-002-EOpenClosed$1,807Questioned 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.
Obtain supporting documentation for the $1,807 spent on two cardholders’ purchase cards or require the vendors or cardholders to repay the funds to the applicable HUD program.
2020-FO-0001 | November 14, 2019
Fiscal Years 2019 and 2018 Financial Statements Audit
Housing
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-AOpenClosed
Ensure that the HECM cash flow model assumptions capture all valid assignments or provide an analysis showing that the model results are not biased due to the exclusion of valid HECM assignments.
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-BOpenClosed
Document and implement policies and procedures to ensure that data observations for key assumptions that are inconsistent with FHA’s understanding of program operations are researched and further analyzed and that all results are concurrently documented and included in the model documentation.
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-COpenClosed
Update the posting models to ensure that refunds relating to payments made in prior years are properly recorded in accordance with OMB Circular A-11.
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-DOpenClosed
Correct the programming error in the HERMIT system to ensure that the correct insurance-in-force balances are reported on the note disclosures.