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GAO-22-105539 1 (2022-06-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaonfm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States June 8, 2022 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: 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 continued personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2021, we reported that, on a government-wide basis, 76 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 HUD's recommendation implementation rate was 67 percent. As of June 2022, HUD had 121 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our June 2021 letter, HUD has implemented four of our 13 priority recommendations. Specifically, HUD issued a Cybersecurity Risk Management Strategy and an Enterprise Risk Management Standard Operating Procedure.3 It also reviewed positions and assigned work role codes in the IT management occupational series.4 For the Moving to Work program, HUD upgraded an information system to track use of Housing Choice Voucher funds for certain activities.5 Finally, Ginnie Mae developed and recalibrated an economic model to estimate the 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 operation-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 2021, GAO-22-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2021). 3GAO, Cybersecurity: Agencies Need to Fully Establish Risk Management Programs and Address Challenges, GAO- 19-384 (Washington, D.C.: July 25, 2019). 4GAO, Cybersecurity Workforce: Agencies Need to Accurately Categorize Positions to Effectively Identify Critical Staffing Needs, GAO-19-144 (Washington, D.C.: Mar. 12, 2019). 5GAO, Rental Housing: Improvements Needed to Better Monitor the Moving to Work Demonstration, Including Effects on Tenants, GAO-18-150 (Washington, D.C.: Jan. 25, 2018). GAO-22-105539 HUD Priority Recommendations Page 1

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