HUD Did Not Ensure That All Costs for Ginnie Mae’s Contract With Burson-Marsteller Were Supported, Reasonable, and Necessary
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Audit of HUD’s Compliance with Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) for fiscal year 2025
HUD OIG is auditing HUD's compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) for fiscal year 2025. PIIA helps agencies identify improper payments, which could impact HUD’s beneficiaries and ultimately undermines the integrity of HUD’s programs, which hinders HUD in fully achieving its mission. Our objectives are to assess (1) whether HUD has met all requirements of PIIA for fiscal year 2025 and OMB Circular A-123 Appendix C (M-21-19), and (2) HUD’s efforts to prevent and reduce improper and unknown payments.
Assessment of HUD’s processes related to the Buy America Preference of the Build America, Buy America Act
HUD OIG is conducting an evaluation of HUD’s processes related to the Buy America Preference of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA). Our evaluation will focus on Buy America Preference processes and applicable grants awarded on or after November 15, 2021. Our evaluation objective is to assess HUD’s processes, specifically those in the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), Office of Housing (Housing), and Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH), related to the BABA.
HUD FY 2025 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation Report
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) directs Inspectors General to conduct an annual evaluation of the agency information security program. FISMA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) establish information technology (IT) security guidance and standards for Federal agencies.
Audit of Government National Mortgage Association’s Fiscal Years 2025 and 2024 Financial Statements
We contracted with the independent public accounting firm Sikich CPA LLC to audit the financial statements of Ginnie Mae as of and for the years ending September 30, 2025 and 2024, and to provide reports on Ginnie Mae’s (1) internal control over financial reporting and (2) compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. Our contract with Sikich required that the audit be performed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted auditing standards, Office of Management and Budget audit requirements, and the Financial Audit Manual of the U.S.
Audit of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fiscal Years 2025 Financial Statements
We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Sikich CPA LLC to audit the financial statements of HUD as of and for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and to provide reports on HUD’s (1) internal control over financial reporting and (2) compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters, including whether financial management systems complied substantially with the requirements of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA). Our contract with Sikich required that the audit be performed in accordance wi
Potential Fraud Risks and Schemes for HUD’s Capital Fund Program
Beginning in 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), conducted several audits to assess HUD’s anti-fraud efforts and to develop inventories of fraud risks in HUD programs.
HUD IT Access Controls
HUD OIG is reviewing HUD's information Technology (IT) access control policies and procedures. The objective of our evaluation is to determine whether access to selected systems is properly authorized, maintained, and terminated in accordance with HUD policies, federal guidelines, and least privilege principles. Our review will cover the period of October 1, 2024, through May 19, 2025.
Improper Payment Estimate for HUD's Multifamily Project Based Rental Assistance (MF-PBRA) Program
HUD OIG is initiating an audit to estimate improper payments in HUD’s Project-Based Assistance program (PBRA) under the Office of Multi-Family Housing (MF). HUD has not been able to perform an estimate of this program as required by the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019 for the last 8 years. Our objective is to determine whether a sample of housing assistance payments (HAP) in the MF-PBRA program are proper; if improper, then we will estimate the total improper and unknown payments.
HUD, Ginnie Mae, and FHA Inactive Obligations
We are initiating an audit of HUD’s (HUD proper, Ginnie Mae, FHA) inactive obligations. The objective of our audit is to identify and evaluate HUD’s inactive obligations to determine if they are still needed for the purposes intended, and if not, assess gaps in controls that prevented earlier deobligation.