We audited the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer’s (procurement office) administration of interagency agreements (IAAs). This audit was part of our fiscal year 2010 audit plan because of congressional hearings on the use and management of IAAs throughout the Federal Government. Our objective was to determine whether the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) effectively administered its IAAs and the costs to procure these products and services were reasonable.

The procurement office improved its administration of IAAs by significantly reducing the backlog of expired IAAs. However, it must ensure that current IAAs are closed out in a timely manner. We also found that the costs HUD incurred to procure the products and services via IAAs were reasonable.

There are no formal recommendations because the Chief Procurement Officer had already addressed the noted issues based on our previous audit.