Federal Reports

In FY 2018, CIGIE continued to meet its mandated missions, and through this report, we present CIGIE’s accomplishments in FY 2018 reflecting our efforts in meeting our mandate. Together, the work of the OIG community resulted in significant improvements to the economy and efficiency of programs government-wide, with potential savings totaling approximately $49.3 billion. With the OIG community’s aggregate FY 2018 budget of approximately $2.5 billion, these potential savings represent an approximate $20 return on every dollar invested in the OIGs. In Background, we summarize the Council’s history and the Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2016, the most recent enhancement to the Inspector General Act of 1978. We also highlight some of the accomplishments of CIGIE’s standing committees in FY 2018. Then, in Strategic Plan Business Goal Accomplishments, we describe CIGIE’s accomplishments under FY 2018’s four major strategic business goals. Next, we summarize current issues of concern to CIGIE members in Key Legislation Affecting the IG Community and Shared Management and Performance Challenges. We then offer perspective on IG Community Accomplishments and provide Contact Information for CIGIE Members. Finally, we recognize the recipients of the most noteworthy 2018 Annual CIGIE Awards.

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) fiscal year 2019 compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA). Our audit objective was to determine whether HUD complied with IPERA reporting and improper payment reduction requirements according to guidance from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, appendix C.Fiscal year 2019 marked the seventh consecutive year in which HUD did not comply with IPERA. In fiscal year 2019, HUD did not comply with two requirements, and one requirement was not applicable. Specifically, HUD did not (1) always publish improper payments estimates for all required programs and (2) meet the reduction targets for its Federal Housing Administration-Single-Family Insurance Claims (FHA-SFIC) program. These conditions occurred because HUD did not yet have an effective process to comply with all IPERA requirements, although it acquired help from a contractor.No recommendations were made because (1) open recommendations from prior years will help HUD remediate the repeat finding of not always publishing improper payments estimates if implemented and (2) OMB relieved HUD from reporting improper payments, which included meeting a reduction target for the FHA-SFIC program beginning next fiscal year.