| Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Program Timing

HUD OIG is auditing the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) to determine whether it is tracking and improving the timing of its delivery of the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program funds over the last 20 years, and whether CPD has met Congressional allocation timing requirements. Specifically, HUD OIG will be measuring the timing of three CDBG-DR program delivery points: (1) CPD’s allocation of the funds to grantees, (2) the grantees’ submission of their initial action plans, and (3) CPD’s execution of grant agreements.

Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery LMI Requirements

HUD OIG is auditing the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) to determine whether it effectively and efficiently designed its Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program requirements and monitoring to ensure that the grantees meet statutory and other Federal low-and moderate-income requirements. The CDBG-DR Program provides flexible grants to help State, cities, counties, parishes, and territories to rebuild the areas affected by Presidentially declared disasters and provide crucial seed money to start the recovery process.

Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation Security Technical Testing Topic Brief

The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requires all federal agencies to conduct independent security technical verification testing on a sampling of information systems annually. In conjunction with our fiscal year 2021 FISMA evaluation (2021-OE-0001), we conducted a targeted security testing asses

HUD Did Not Always Comply With Its Internal Guide When Transitioning Offices From Mandatory to Maximum Telework During the COVID-19 Pandemic

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) transitioning of offices from mandatory to maximum telework during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, based on a request from Representative Gerald Connolly, to review whether HUD was employing best practices and existing guidance when deciding whether or when to require Federal employees to return to their offices. Transitioning an office to maximum telework allowed HUD employees to voluntarily return to an office.

Fiscal Year 2021 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.

The Honorable Gerald Connolly

Please find attached an advance copy of our office’s Audit Report No. 2022-CH-0002, entitled, “HUD’s Transitioning of Offices from Mandatory to Maximum Telework During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which we initiated in response to your June 2020 letter. We focused our audit on whether HUD complied with its initial internal guidance1 when transitioning offices from mandatory to maximum telework during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing HUD employees to voluntarily to return to an office if certain conditions (“gating criteria”) were met.

2022-2026 HUD OIG Strategic Plan

The 2022-2026 HUD OIG Strategic Plan is our governing document for how we will build on our progress and continue evolving over the next 4 years. It is designed to paint a clear and compelling picture of where we are headed. We commit to the following 3 goals, knowing that they will require continued investment in our workforce and staying true to our core values.