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GAO-01-741R 1 (2001-05-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptanli0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 May 11, 2001 The Honorable Mel Martinez The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Subject: Status of GA O's Recommendations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Dear Mr. Secretary: We appreciated meeting with you earlier this year to discuss the management challenges facing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As I mentioned in our meeting, we have issued several reports containing recommendations for improving various aspects of HUD's programs and operations. During the meeting, you said that you would appreciate receiving a summary of HUD's progress in implementing our recommendations. This letter summarizes our understanding of HUD's progress implementing our key open recommendations. The enclosure contains a complete update of the status of all open recommendations. Most of these recommendations were made in reports issued in 1999 and 2000, although some are based on a report issued in 1994. HUD officials have reported to us that they are making progress in addressing many of the open recommendations, although in some cases considerable work still must be done before we can consider them implemented. The enclosure, which lists the status of our open recommendations, reflects a reduction of 19 recommendations that we have closed due to HUD actions since our September 2000 update and the addition of four new recommendations from recently issued products. This letter focuses on the status of nine of the recommendations that we consider to be key recommendations because of the impact they can have on managing HUD's programs. As you know, our January 2001 Performance and Accountability Series provides an overview of where HUD currently stands on management issues. In that report we note that HUD has taken important steps toward addressing some of its management deficiencies; however, significant weaknesses still persist in some of HUD's major program areas, including single- family mortgage insurance, rental housing assistance, information and financial management systems, and human capital.' Seven of the nine key recommendations deal with two of the performance and accountability areas, single-family mortgage insurance and information and financial management systems. We are also including two recommendations dealing with HUD's budget process because we believe their implementation is critical to getting a better handle on HUD's management issues. In many cases we are consulting with your staff as HUD implements the recommendations. ' See Major Management Challenges and Program Risk: Department of Housing and Urban Development (GAO-01-248, Jan. 2001) GAO-01-741R Status of GAO's Recommendations

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