Develop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in multifamily housing units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water […]

Status

As of June 2024, the Office of Multifamily Housing has revised its procedures and related documents and is waiting for final approval.

Analysis

To fully address this recommendation, HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing must provide evidence of an action plan that includes its procedures that address households living in multifamily housing units to ensure that they have a sufficient supply of safe drinking water. We have not been provided a copy of the final procedures developed; therefore we cannot assess whether they will be sufficient to address the recommendation.

Implementation of this recommendation will enable HUD to have sufficient oversight and control activities in place to ensure households living in multifamily housing units have a sufficient supply of safe drinking water.

Develop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in assisted units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water. Such policies, procedures, and controls should include but not be limited to (1) developing and implementing internal procedures to be notified, and share with public housing agencies, when the public water systems’ water exceeds the Environmental Protection Agency’s lead action level and (2) revising HUD’s applicable regulations, providing guidance to public housing agencies and Housing Choice Voucher Program landlords, and taking appropriate actions so that households living in assisted units have a sufficient supply of safe drinking water.

Evaluate the risk that employee benefit contributions expensed at PHAs may be unreasonable and, if determined necessary, establish and implement controls to reduce or eliminate the evaluated risk.

Develop and implement additional guidance to ensure that PHAs enter accurate employee benefit data into FASS-PH.

Designate a Senior Agency Official for Records Management at the Assistant Secretary level or its equivalent.

Update and issue agency formal records policy, including detailed procedures and requirements for completing and maintaining program office and agencywide inventories of systems, records, and PII.

Update and obtain final NARA approval of all HUD records retention schedules, including the Capstone email schedule, to comply with Federal requirements, including OMB M-19-21.

Develop and approve an enterprise strategy to meet all M-19-21 electronic transition requirements.

Issue a formal policy and requirements for managing CUI.

Establish and disseminate a policy on safeguarding or prohibiting the transportation of PII records out of the office for telework purposes.

Complete the development of performance measures and establish a formal records evaluation process to measure the effectiveness and progress of the records management program.

Standardize processes and duties for all RMLOs.

Conduct a staffing resource assessment for the HUD records program and identify any skills gaps or resource needs.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.