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GAO-21-558PR 1 (2021-06-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaolws0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Io o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE G A O A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 June 21, 2021 The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge Secretary U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20410 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Housing and Urban Development Dear Madam Secretary: I appreciated our recent meeting and look forward to a constructive working relationship between our two institutions. As we discussed, the purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2020, we reported that on a government-wide basis, 77 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 HUD's recommendation implementation rate was 56 percent. As of May 2021, HUD had 125 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve HUD's operations. Since our April 2020 letter, HUD has implemented five of our 17 priority recommendations, as follows: HUD developed and implemented a comprehensive monitoring plan for its 2017 Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery grants that identified areas of greatest risk. Using these high-risk areas, HUD developed a monitoring schedule and strategy for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. We believe that by identifying risk factors and incorporating these factors in a monitoring plan, HUD has taken steps to help ensure its oversight focuses on grantees' areas of greatest risk. HUD conducted workforce planning for the division that manages Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery grants. In fiscal year 2019, the agency assessed organizational functions, work products, and resources to determine the staffing gaps in the division. Since then, HUD has hired 28 staff to fill gaps identified. We believe that HUD's identification of the skills and competencies needed and hiring of staff to address gaps will help its oversight of the growing number of Community 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operations-for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2020, GAO-21-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 16, 2020). GAO-21-558PR HUD Priority Recommendations Page 1

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