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GAO-23-106349 1 (2023-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaooqe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States May 9, 2023 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 2022, 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 78 percent. As of May 2023, HUD had 96 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our June 2022 letter, HUD has implemented five of our 11 priority recommendations. In July 2022, HUD designed and implemented a policy to analyze the effects of Moving to Work program flexibilities on tenants in the Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs, in response to our January 2018 recommendation.3 As of March 2023, Ginnie Mae (HUD) had implemented an alternative compensation structure known as Critical Position Pay to help manage its growing operations and identified mission-critical occupations to hire in fiscal year 2023. Ginnie Mae also completed an analysis of the optimal mix of contractors and in-house staff and determined it will shift some staff from contractor to in-house status for its operations starting in fiscal year 2023. Ginnie Mae completed its review of the benefits and costs of its contract administration options, assessed the value of alternative arrangements, and made determinations on hiring positions to oversee ongoing contracting needs. These 1Priority recommendations are those that we believe 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 2022, GAO-23-900398 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2022). 3GAO, Rental Housing: Improvements Needed to Better Monitor Moving to Work Demonstration, Including Effects on Tenants, GAO-18-150 (Washington, D.C.: Jan. 25, 2018). GAO-23-106349 HUD Priority Recommendations Page 1

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