Department’s New Core Project is on a path to become first cabinet-level agency to fully migrate financial systems
WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 21, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, October 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces another major milestone in transitioning HUD’s financial management and procurement operations to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Administrative Resource Center (ARC). This milestone marks the shift of financial and procurement management functions from HUD to ARC. Although significant work remains, HUD is the first cabinet-level agency to move core financial systems to a Federal Shared Service Provider.In 2010, HUD reviewed its aging financial systems, and decided to transition from costly legacy systems that did not provide the necessary scale and breadth required to meet today’s financial management needs.
This collaborative relationship between HUD and Treasury is the result of the Federal IT Shared Services Strategy. In May 2012, the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) announced the strategy to agencies for identifying and operating shared services for commodity, support, and mission IT functions. That strategy recommended a phased approach for implementing shared services, (e.g., “crawl-walk-run”) beginning with intra-agency commodity IT, to allow agencies to gain proficiency, then evolving to support and mission IT areas.
The transformative project has made significant progress to date. In October 2014, HUD began its phased implementation, migrating travel functions, and in February 2015, its time and attendance functions. Together with the most recent payment processing milestones, HUD’s New Core project continues to enhance financial transparency and analytical capabilities, increase regulatory compliance, and improve efficiency through the transition of HUD’s core financials and key administrative systems and services.
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About HUD:
HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes: utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.govand http://espanol.hud.gov. You can also follow HUD on twitter @HUDgov, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HUD, or sign up for news alerts on HUD’s News Listserv.
About Treasury’s Administrative Resource Center (ARC):
ARC helps customers, like HUD, focus on their mission by delivering responsive, customer-focused, cost-effective administrative support to other federal agencies. The reimbursable administrative services that ARC provides include financial management, human resources, procurement, travel and relocation, and information technology services. For more information please visit: our website at https://fiscal.treas.gov.
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Friday, May 23, 2014
Who is Shaun Donovan?
Shaun Donovan has served in President Barack Obama's cabinet almost since day one, as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The man tapped May 22 to head the Office of Management and Budget has not had a very high profile compared with other department heads, but he has developed a reputation in the administration as a fixer on high-priority tasks.
While leading HUD, Donovan's work has included chairing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force and co-leading the cross-agency priority goal of reducing the number of homeless veterans.
If confirmed by the Senate, Donovan will succeed OMB director Sylvia Matthews Burwell, who was nominated to take over as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.-Adam Mazmanian, FCW.com
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Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Financial management providers ill-equipped to take on large customers
A metric of success for federal shared services is how many agencies are using the capability. Federal financial management shared service providers are facing an uphill battle to meet that metric.
One of the biggest challenges to making this second attempt at financial management shared services in the last decade successful is federal providers' ability to ramp up in a timely manner.
Interior, Transportation, Treasury and possibly as many as four other agencies are gearing up to accept 40,000 or more new customers at a time over the course of the next few years.
As federal financial management shared services providers, these agencies need help in the form of changes to law and policy to meet those goals.
Experts say only by letting these providers act more like private sector businesses will federal shared services find success.
In part 2 of the special report, Shared Services Revisited, Federal News Radio explores the long-standing capacity challenges that current and new financial management shared service providers will have to overcome in the coming years to meet the growing demands of agency customers.
The Office of Management and Budget requires agencies to modernize financial management systems only through federal shared service providers (SSPs). In a March 2013 memo, OMB detailed its plans to reduce costs and duplication across the government through the use of federal SSPs.
But many of the same questions limited the success of this initiative in the mid-2000s, including whether the shared service providers have the capacity to handle large cabinet level agencies.
Over the course of the last seven years, no cabinet level agency moved to a federal shared service provider. The Labor Department outsourced to a private sector provider. The Small Business Administration unsuccessfully followed suit to a different private sector company.
But over the course of the next five to 10 years and starting this year with the departments of Commerce and Housing and Urban Development, and the Coast Guard, large agencies are expected to let go of their financial management systems and take advantage of a multi-tenant set up that is widely considered an industry best practice.
OMB and Treasury's Office of Financial Innovation and Transformation (OFIT), which is managing the financial management shared services initiative, are trying to address the challenges providers face.
But it's about more than just money and people. The question is whether Interior, Transportation, Treasury or any of the new providers can handle more than one large agency every few years.
Federal and private sector experts say migrating to a shared service provider is extremely complex.
Beth Angerman , the director of OFIT, said OMB and OFIT will not mandate where agencies migrate to, but there are factors that agencies must take into account.
"We recently finished the design of the FIT Agency Modernization and Evaluation (FAME) process. What that process consists of are a series of evaluative models and artifacts that are produced by the agency with FIT's oversight and assistance to help them get through different gates of identifying if there is a federal shared service provider who will meet their needs," Angerman said.
OMB estimates agencies are spending $8 billion a year and have more than 53,000 people supporting all federal financial management systems.
There is a long history of financial management systems that have failed to meet expectations. In fact, OMB in 2010 reviewed 30 financial systems to ensure they were meeting cost, schedule and performance goals, and ended up rebaselining several after finding they were off track.
Despite this increased oversight, the Government Accountability Office found in 2012 that the reviews had little effect. Auditors said 13 projects estimated no change in their long term costs, and 16 said their schedule remained the same.
So given all of these systemic problems, Angerman said the private sector has to appreciate the changes that are happening, meaning once they were implementing large scale systems, and now they are supporting the agency providers with specific expertise.
-Jason Miller, FederalNewsRadio.com
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Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Familiar questions, few answers so far for OMB's latest financial systems effort
The departments of Commerce and Housing and Urban Development and the Coast Guard are planning to outsource their financial management systems in the coming year.
These three agencies have only one choice in how they modernize their financial management systems — through a federal shared services provider.
The Office of Management and Budget's March 2013 policycreated a federal first priority for agencies to modernize their financial management systems through a shared services provider.
But this second attempt by OMB to move agencies to financial management shared services is fraught with the same obstacles of a decade ago.
But OMB believes this attempt at shared services is different. The administration says budget concerns and technology advancements will help overcome these long- standing barriers.
OMB named five shared service providers under the Financial Management Line of Business initiative. With the exception of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, the four civilian providers — the departments of Treasury, Transportation and Interior, and GSA — mostly found success with small and micro agencies.
But with agencies spending more than $8 billion a year on financial management systems and with more than 53,000 employees supporting those efforts, the opportunity to consolidate and simplify is great.
So administration officials say the time is right for a renewed push for shared services.
Three of the four current shared service providers for civilian agencies offer only Oracle's Federal Financial software.
GSA offers CGI's financial management software called Momentum. But industry and federal sources say GSA is likely to get out of the financial shared services this year.
Other agencies are using SAP, Savantage and other financial management software that meet federal standards.
Infor and Workday both offer software-as-a-service options for enterprise financial management services.
OMB and OFIT are close to naming new federal shared services providers, with at least one agency providing software that is not Oracle.
Federal News Radio's special series, Shared Services Revisited, looks at whether there still are too many unanswered questions that would doom shared services once again.
-Jason Miller, FederalNewsRadio.com
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Monday, June 24, 2013
HUD buying into shared services
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atch for more action around financial management shared services in the coming months.
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Industry sources confirmed the Department of Housing and Urban Development will announce its decision in the coming days to move its core financial management system to the Treasury Department's Bureau of Fiscal Service. BFS, formerly the Bureau of Public Debt, provides shared services to about 40 percent of the civilian agencies, including NASA, the Social Security Administration and components of the Homeland Security Department.
Besides Treasury itself, HUD will be the largest migration to the shared service, and it could take two years, the industry source says.
Additionally, the Interior Department announced earlier this week it awarded Unisys a $44 million contract to put its Financial and Business Management System (FBMS) in the cloud.
And the Federal Trade Commission, the Coast Guard and the Commerce Department are in the discovery phase to decide whether to move to a shared service provider.
But the fact that HUD is making the move to Treasury is a significant milestone. The agency's decision has been a long-time coming. It started the process to implement a new financial management system in 2006 by releasing a request for proposals. It eventually awarded a 10-year contract to IBM in 2010 worth $129 million to implement a new system. It was a three-phased approach starting with HUD's core financial system and then pulling in other components. The project struggled and HUD, with the help of the Office of Management and Budget, revisited its plans that same year.
HUD was one of several agency financial system projects OMB focused on during its 2010 effort to better oversee these programs.
On the IT Dashboard, HUD said it would spend $18 million in 2013 to support its legacy systems, and a total of $26.3 million on its core financial systems.
Over at Interior, Unisys will transition FBMS to a secure, cloud environment that runs SAP's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software platform.
Interior uses FBMS to account for all income and expenditures.
-Jason Miller, FederalNewsRadio.com
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Friday, June 01, 2012
Today's GAO Publications
Inspectors General: HUD Office of Inspector General Resources and Results.
GAO-12-618, May 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-618
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/591273.pdf
Managing for Results: GAO's Work Related to the Interim Crosscutting Priority Goals under the GPRA Modernization Act.
GAO-12-620R, May 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-620R
GAO-12-618, May 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-618
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/591273.pdf
Managing for Results: GAO's Work Related to the Interim Crosscutting Priority Goals under the GPRA Modernization Act.
GAO-12-620R, May 31.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-620R
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Doug Criscitello discusses U.S Department Housing and Urban Development
Doug Criscitello was sworn in as HUD's CFO on February 16, 2010, bringing with him 25 years of experience in government budgeting and finance. As CFO, Doug oversees the Department's financial management activities by playing three primary roles: 1) Chief Accountant and Budgeteer - aimed at ensuring HUD properly controls, spends, and accounts for taxpayer dollars; 2) Financial Risk Manager - directed at identifying and planning for financial risks, including analytically focused work involving the Department's credit and insurance, rental assistance, grant, and other programs; and 3) Taxpayer Advocate - focusing on ensuring taxpayer impacts are given substantial consideration in the development of HUD's policies and operating procedures.
The common thread of his career is public sector financial management. Within government, he has served in a number of financially involved positions at both the federal and local levels. His most recent position in the public sector was as the founding Director of the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO), a municipal government agency modeled after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide nonpartisan, objective research and analysis of NYC's budget. Prior to IBO, Doug spent a number of years as a career civil servant in the federal government focused on financial management and budgeting at the Small Business Administration where he led the establishment of that agency's CFO office, the Office of Management and Budget where he served as a budget examiner in the Housing, Treasury, and Financial Institutions Division, and at CBO where he worked as a budget analyst in the Budget Analysis Division.
From 2000 until his appointment at HUD, Doug worked in the private sector as a consultant and service provider to the federal government. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, he helped establish a public sector financial services practice to support federal financial stabilization initiatives. For most of the past decade, Doug worked in JPMorgan's Governments Institutions Group, where he provided relationship management and operational, investment banking, and financial advisory services to U.S. government agencies and related entities along with multilateral development banks based in Washington DC.
Doug holds a Master of Science degree in public policy analysis from the University of Rochester.
-FederalNewsRadio.com
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The common thread of his career is public sector financial management. Within government, he has served in a number of financially involved positions at both the federal and local levels. His most recent position in the public sector was as the founding Director of the New York City Independent Budget Office (IBO), a municipal government agency modeled after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide nonpartisan, objective research and analysis of NYC's budget. Prior to IBO, Doug spent a number of years as a career civil servant in the federal government focused on financial management and budgeting at the Small Business Administration where he led the establishment of that agency's CFO office, the Office of Management and Budget where he served as a budget examiner in the Housing, Treasury, and Financial Institutions Division, and at CBO where he worked as a budget analyst in the Budget Analysis Division.
From 2000 until his appointment at HUD, Doug worked in the private sector as a consultant and service provider to the federal government. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, he helped establish a public sector financial services practice to support federal financial stabilization initiatives. For most of the past decade, Doug worked in JPMorgan's Governments Institutions Group, where he provided relationship management and operational, investment banking, and financial advisory services to U.S. government agencies and related entities along with multilateral development banks based in Washington DC.
Doug holds a Master of Science degree in public policy analysis from the University of Rochester.
-FederalNewsRadio.com
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Miami-Dade must repay $3.6M in Housing and Urban Development funds
Miami-Dade County must repay $3.6 million in federal Community Development Block Grant money because the county can't show auditors the money was properly used.
In the latest sign of weak financial controls in Miami-Dade government, the county must pay back $3.6 million in federal grant funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after a federal audit found that county officials couldn't show the money was properly used.
The county's latest problems with HUD -- which administrators unveiled at a County Commission meeting Thursday -- come just two years after the federal agency returned control of the troubled Miami-Dade Housing Agency to county hands after 15 months under HUD supervision.
The disclosure angered several commissioners -- particularly in view of unrelated financial woes at the Miami-Dade Transit Agency, which has seen all federal grant reimbursements stop after an audit found shoddy financial management and weak internal controls.
-Martha Brannigan, MiamiHerald.com
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In the latest sign of weak financial controls in Miami-Dade government, the county must pay back $3.6 million in federal grant funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after a federal audit found that county officials couldn't show the money was properly used.
The county's latest problems with HUD -- which administrators unveiled at a County Commission meeting Thursday -- come just two years after the federal agency returned control of the troubled Miami-Dade Housing Agency to county hands after 15 months under HUD supervision.
The disclosure angered several commissioners -- particularly in view of unrelated financial woes at the Miami-Dade Transit Agency, which has seen all federal grant reimbursements stop after an audit found shoddy financial management and weak internal controls.
-Martha Brannigan, MiamiHerald.com
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Monday, November 22, 2010
OMB cuts back financial management programs
The Office of Management and Budget canceled two federal financial management programs and significantly reduced the scope of five others following a broad review that was launched over the summer.
According to Jeffrey Zients, federal chief performance officer, the OMB canceled systems under development for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration, saving more than $500 million.
Three financial management programs at the Department of Health and Human Services as well as one at the Department of Homeland Security and one at the Justice Department will proceed with a narrowed scope. The government said the changes will save $680 million.
This summer, the OMB halted new spending on selected federal agencies' financial management systems, requiring reviews before the projects could continue. The agency cited the typical sluggishness and high cost of the projects.
With the review now complete, Zients said about half of the 20 identified programs are on track.
Besides the two cancellations and five scaled-down projects, the OMB has accelerated the most useful parts of the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency, according to Zients.
Additionally, the OMB said it has made another $200 million in budget reductions in various agencies.
-Marjorie Censer, WashingtonPost.com
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According to Jeffrey Zients, federal chief performance officer, the OMB canceled systems under development for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration, saving more than $500 million.
Three financial management programs at the Department of Health and Human Services as well as one at the Department of Homeland Security and one at the Justice Department will proceed with a narrowed scope. The government said the changes will save $680 million.
This summer, the OMB halted new spending on selected federal agencies' financial management systems, requiring reviews before the projects could continue. The agency cited the typical sluggishness and high cost of the projects.
With the review now complete, Zients said about half of the 20 identified programs are on track.
Besides the two cancellations and five scaled-down projects, the OMB has accelerated the most useful parts of the programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency, according to Zients.
Additionally, the OMB said it has made another $200 million in budget reductions in various agencies.
-Marjorie Censer, WashingtonPost.com
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Monday, September 27, 2010
HUD Re-awards HIFMIP Contract
After more than three years of proposal reviews, initial award, protests, re-submissions from vendors, re-evaluations, and re-protests, HUD's Contracting Office released an Award Notice on September 24, 2010 for the HUD INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (HIFMIP). Contract #C-OPC-23053 was awarded to IBM Global Business Services on September 23, 2010 for a maximum total value of $213,430,963.
Industry watchers see this award as a promising sign that OMB will allow additional departments and agencies to proceed with much needed financial management modernization programs.
Industry watchers see this award as a promising sign that OMB will allow additional departments and agencies to proceed with much needed financial management modernization programs.
HUD Re-Awards HIFMIP Contract to IBM
After more than three years of proposal evaluations, protests, re-submissions from vendors, and re-protests, HUD's Contracting Office released an Award Notice on September 24, 2010 for the HUD INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (HIFMIP). Contract #C-OPC-23053 was awarded to IBM Global Business Services on September 23, 2010 for a maximum total value of $213,430,963.
Industry watchers see this as a promising sign that OMB will allow additional departments and agencies to proceed with much needed financial management modernization programs despite the recent halt in activity due to OMB reviews.
Industry watchers see this as a promising sign that OMB will allow additional departments and agencies to proceed with much needed financial management modernization programs despite the recent halt in activity due to OMB reviews.
Friday, September 17, 2010
OMB claims two cancellations, two re-scopings in financial management IT reviews
Office of Management and Budget-led reviews of agency financial management systems have resulted in the cancellation of two such efforts and a significant paring of two others, said Controller Danny Werfel during a Sept. 15 call with reporters.
Specifically, the Small Business Administration has canceled its planned Loan Management and Accounting System and the Veterans Affairs Department scratched the financial management portion of its Financial and Logistics Integrated Enterprise project. Those agencies would have spent $113 million and $423 million on the demised projects, respectively, according to federal officials.
Also, the Environmental Protection Agency has cut $180 million worth of future planned spending on its Financial System Modernization Project while the Department of Housing and Urban Development has taken a red pencil to $44 million of planned spending for its HUD Integrated Financial Management Improvement Project.
OMB told agencies in June to freeze spending on financial management systems worth more than $20 million until OMB has reviewed them; the reviews on all 20 affected systems should be complete by mid October, Werfel said.
Which projects are scuppered or re-scoped isn't necessarily function of how badly managed they may be, Werfel added.
Competing priorities or changing technology needs with a federal agency might mean that money meant for a financial management system could be better reallocated elsewhere, Werfel said.
At the very least, that's what happened with the SBA project, Werfel said. As for whether the functionality and anticipated funding removed from the EPA and HUD projects is restored, that depends on agency and agency contractor performance in the meantime, he added.
For more:
- listen to audio of the Sept. 15 press call with Danny Werfel; also briefly on the call was Jeffery Zients, deputy director for management and OMB.
- read a Sept. 15 blog post by Zients on the reviews
-David Perera, FierceGovernmentIT.com
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Specifically, the Small Business Administration has canceled its planned Loan Management and Accounting System and the Veterans Affairs Department scratched the financial management portion of its Financial and Logistics Integrated Enterprise project. Those agencies would have spent $113 million and $423 million on the demised projects, respectively, according to federal officials.
Also, the Environmental Protection Agency has cut $180 million worth of future planned spending on its Financial System Modernization Project while the Department of Housing and Urban Development has taken a red pencil to $44 million of planned spending for its HUD Integrated Financial Management Improvement Project.
OMB told agencies in June to freeze spending on financial management systems worth more than $20 million until OMB has reviewed them; the reviews on all 20 affected systems should be complete by mid October, Werfel said.
Which projects are scuppered or re-scoped isn't necessarily function of how badly managed they may be, Werfel added.
Competing priorities or changing technology needs with a federal agency might mean that money meant for a financial management system could be better reallocated elsewhere, Werfel said.
At the very least, that's what happened with the SBA project, Werfel said. As for whether the functionality and anticipated funding removed from the EPA and HUD projects is restored, that depends on agency and agency contractor performance in the meantime, he added.
For more:
- listen to audio of the Sept. 15 press call with Danny Werfel; also briefly on the call was Jeffery Zients, deputy director for management and OMB.
- read a Sept. 15 blog post by Zients on the reviews
-David Perera, FierceGovernmentIT.com
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Thursday, December 03, 2009
HUD Seeks Deputy CFO
The following position is posted on USAJOBS:
Position: Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Grade: ES-0505-00/00
Office: Office of the Chief Financial Officer
OPEN PERIOD: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 to Tuesday, December 15, 2009
JOB SUMMARY:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and providing housing assistance for the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities, and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development and enforces the nation's fair housing laws.
This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). The OCFO establishes policies and standards to govern the development, maintenance, and operation of all financial management systems of the Department, including budget systems; accounting and related transaction systems; internal control systems; and financial reporting systems.
MAJOR DUTIES:
The Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO), under the broad policy and administrative direction of the CFO, directs, develops, administers, and evaluates budget, accounting, financial systems, and financial management services for the Department. As the ranking career departmental financial officer, the incumbent of this position also advises the CFO on budgeting, financial management, financial systems, accounting, the financial/audit status of programs, and administrative operations of the Department. The Deputy CFO develops and communicates budgetary guidance, financial management policies/procedures, and advises the CFO and top Departmental management on the requirements and implementation of the laws and regulations applicable to the incumbent's areas of responsibility. The Deputy CFO is responsible for preparing required financial reports to the President, Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Treasury, and the Government Accountability Office. The incumbent represents the CFO at meetings and conferences within HUD, with other Federal agencies, and with representatives of the private sector on matters of interest to the CFO.
Review the position listing Here
Position: Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Grade: ES-0505-00/00
Office: Office of the Chief Financial Officer
OPEN PERIOD: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 to Tuesday, December 15, 2009
JOB SUMMARY:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and providing housing assistance for the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities, and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development and enforces the nation's fair housing laws.
This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). The OCFO establishes policies and standards to govern the development, maintenance, and operation of all financial management systems of the Department, including budget systems; accounting and related transaction systems; internal control systems; and financial reporting systems.
MAJOR DUTIES:
The Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO), under the broad policy and administrative direction of the CFO, directs, develops, administers, and evaluates budget, accounting, financial systems, and financial management services for the Department. As the ranking career departmental financial officer, the incumbent of this position also advises the CFO on budgeting, financial management, financial systems, accounting, the financial/audit status of programs, and administrative operations of the Department. The Deputy CFO develops and communicates budgetary guidance, financial management policies/procedures, and advises the CFO and top Departmental management on the requirements and implementation of the laws and regulations applicable to the incumbent's areas of responsibility. The Deputy CFO is responsible for preparing required financial reports to the President, Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Treasury, and the Government Accountability Office. The incumbent represents the CFO at meetings and conferences within HUD, with other Federal agencies, and with representatives of the private sector on matters of interest to the CFO.
Review the position listing Here
Friday, July 31, 2009
Recent GAO Publications
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released the following publications:
Recovery Act: States' Use of Highway Infrastructure Funds and Compliance with the Act's Requirements, By Katherine A. Siggerud, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
GAO-09-926T, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-926T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09926thigh.pdf
Information Technology: HUD Needs to Strengthen Its Capacity to Manage and Modernize Its Environment.
GAO-09-675, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-675
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09675high.pdf
Improper Payments: Significant Improvements Needed in DOD's Efforts to Address Improper Payment and Recovery Auditing Requirements.
GAO-09-442, July 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-442
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09442high.pdf
Public Transportation: FTA's Triennial Review Program Has Improved, But Assessments of Grantees' Performance Could Be Enhanced.
GAO-09-603, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-603
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09603high.pdf
Reverse Mortgages: Policy Changes Have Had Mostly Positive Effects on Lenders and Borrowers, but These Changes and Market Developments Have Increased HUD's Risk.
GAO-09-836, July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-836
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09836high.pdf
Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Strengthen Investment Board Oversight of Poorly Planned and Performing Projects.
GAO-09-566, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-566
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09566high.pdf
Highway Trust Fund Expenditures on Purposes Other than Construction and Maintenance of Highways and Bridges during Fiscal Years 2004-2008.
GAO-09-729R, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-729R
U.S. Postal Service: Broad Restructuring Needed to Address Deteriorating Finances, by Phillip Herr, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
GAO-09-790T, July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-790T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09790thigh.pdf
Recovery Act: States' Use of Highway Infrastructure Funds and Compliance with the Act's Requirements, By Katherine A. Siggerud, managing director, physical infrastructure issues, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
GAO-09-926T, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-926T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09926thigh.pdf
Information Technology: HUD Needs to Strengthen Its Capacity to Manage and Modernize Its Environment.
GAO-09-675, July 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-675
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09675high.pdf
Improper Payments: Significant Improvements Needed in DOD's Efforts to Address Improper Payment and Recovery Auditing Requirements.
GAO-09-442, July 29.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-442
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09442high.pdf
Public Transportation: FTA's Triennial Review Program Has Improved, But Assessments of Grantees' Performance Could Be Enhanced.
GAO-09-603, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-603
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09603high.pdf
Reverse Mortgages: Policy Changes Have Had Mostly Positive Effects on Lenders and Borrowers, but These Changes and Market Developments Have Increased HUD's Risk.
GAO-09-836, July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-836
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09836high.pdf
Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Strengthen Investment Board Oversight of Poorly Planned and Performing Projects.
GAO-09-566, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-566
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09566high.pdf
Highway Trust Fund Expenditures on Purposes Other than Construction and Maintenance of Highways and Bridges during Fiscal Years 2004-2008.
GAO-09-729R, June 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-729R
U.S. Postal Service: Broad Restructuring Needed to Address Deteriorating Finances, by Phillip Herr, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
GAO-09-790T, July 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-790T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09790thigh.pdf
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Recent GAO Publications
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released the following publications:
"Key Challenges Facing Government Managers," by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Interagency Resources Management Conference, in Cambridge, Maryland.
GAO-09-609CG, April 21, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d09609cg.pdf
"The Recovery Act and TARP: GAO's Oversight Role," by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the National State Auditors Association annual conference, in Savannah, Georgia.
GAO-09-846CG, June 17, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d09846cg.pdf
Military Pay: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service--Indianapolis Could Improve Control Activities over Its Processing of Active Duty Army Military Personnel Federal Payroll Taxes.
GAO-09-557R, June 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-557R
Troubled Asset Relief Program: June 2009 Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues.
GAO-09-658, June 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-658
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09658high.pdf
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Capital Purchase Program Transactions for October 28, 2008, through May 29, 2009, and Information on Financial Agency Agreements, Contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements, and Interagency Agreements Awarded as of June 1, 2009 (an e-supplement to GAO-09-658).
GAO-09-707SP, June 17
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-707SP
American Battle Monuments Commission: Management Action Needed to Improve Internal Control Procedures.
GAO-09-714R, June 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-714R
CBP Could Improve Its Estimation of Funding Needed for New Border Patrol Agents.
GAO-09-542R, June 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-542R
Public Housing: HUD's Oversight of Housing Agencies Should Focus More on Inappropriate Use of Program Funds.
GAO-09-33, June 11.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-33
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0933high.pdf
Army Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Improve Budgeting for Carryover at Army Ordnance Activities.
GAO-09-415, June 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-415
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09415high.pdf
VA Real Property: VA Emphasizes Enhanced-Use Leases to Manage Its Real Property Portfolio, by David Wise, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
GAO-09-776T, June 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-776T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09776thigh.pdf
Appropriations Decisions:
B-317139, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network--Obligations under a
Cost-Reimbursement, Nonseverable Services Contract, June 1, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/317139.htm
"Key Challenges Facing Government Managers," by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Interagency Resources Management Conference, in Cambridge, Maryland.
GAO-09-609CG, April 21, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d09609cg.pdf
"The Recovery Act and TARP: GAO's Oversight Role," by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the National State Auditors Association annual conference, in Savannah, Georgia.
GAO-09-846CG, June 17, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/cghome/d09846cg.pdf
Military Pay: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service--Indianapolis Could Improve Control Activities over Its Processing of Active Duty Army Military Personnel Federal Payroll Taxes.
GAO-09-557R, June 18.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-557R
Troubled Asset Relief Program: June 2009 Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues.
GAO-09-658, June 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-658
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09658high.pdf
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Capital Purchase Program Transactions for October 28, 2008, through May 29, 2009, and Information on Financial Agency Agreements, Contracts, Blanket Purchase Agreements, and Interagency Agreements Awarded as of June 1, 2009 (an e-supplement to GAO-09-658).
GAO-09-707SP, June 17
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-707SP
American Battle Monuments Commission: Management Action Needed to Improve Internal Control Procedures.
GAO-09-714R, June 17.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-714R
CBP Could Improve Its Estimation of Funding Needed for New Border Patrol Agents.
GAO-09-542R, June 15.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-542R
Public Housing: HUD's Oversight of Housing Agencies Should Focus More on Inappropriate Use of Program Funds.
GAO-09-33, June 11.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-33
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0933high.pdf
Army Working Capital Fund: Actions Needed to Improve Budgeting for Carryover at Army Ordnance Activities.
GAO-09-415, June 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-415
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09415high.pdf
VA Real Property: VA Emphasizes Enhanced-Use Leases to Manage Its Real Property Portfolio, by David Wise, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
GAO-09-776T, June 10.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-776T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09776thigh.pdf
Appropriations Decisions:
B-317139, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network--Obligations under a
Cost-Reimbursement, Nonseverable Services Contract, June 1, 2009
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/317139.htm
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Today's GAO Publications
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following testimonies:
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
GAO-09-359T, February 5.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-359T
Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
GAO-09-349T, February 4.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-349T
Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
GAO-09-359T, February 5.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-359T
Financial Regulation: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
GAO-09-349T, February 4.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-349T
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Deloitte Sues To Block IBM's $193 Million HUD Contract
Tech and business services contractor Deloitte Consulting has filed a lawsuit against the United States in an effort to block the government's award of a lucrative IT contract to rival IBM (NYSE: IBM).
The lawsuit, filed in December in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, aims to overturn the Department of Housing and Urban Development's award of a 10-year, $193 million contract to Big Blue. Under the contract, IBM has been tasked with modernizing HUD's computerized financial systems.
Deloitte, however, calls HUD's decision in December to tap IBM for the work a "stunning outcome" and says it wasn't fairly treated in the bidding process, which began in 2006.
"Deloitte alleges that HUD violated law and regulation by failing to follow the stated evaluation criteria, and also by engaging Deloitte in nonmeaningful and misleading discussions," Deloitte says in a highly redacted court filing. Most of the other filings related to the case are under seal.
Deloitte is seeking an injunction that would halt work on the contract until the dispute is settled.
According to Deloitte's filing, the contract is to support HUD's Integrated Financial Management Improvements Project, under which the agency is looking to transform "core financial management processes and systems to improve financial accounting support for the Department and improve financial information accuracy and availability to HUD decision makers."
-Paul McDougal, InformationWeek.com
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The lawsuit, filed in December in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, aims to overturn the Department of Housing and Urban Development's award of a 10-year, $193 million contract to Big Blue. Under the contract, IBM has been tasked with modernizing HUD's computerized financial systems.
Deloitte, however, calls HUD's decision in December to tap IBM for the work a "stunning outcome" and says it wasn't fairly treated in the bidding process, which began in 2006.
"Deloitte alleges that HUD violated law and regulation by failing to follow the stated evaluation criteria, and also by engaging Deloitte in nonmeaningful and misleading discussions," Deloitte says in a highly redacted court filing. Most of the other filings related to the case are under seal.
Deloitte is seeking an injunction that would halt work on the contract until the dispute is settled.
According to Deloitte's filing, the contract is to support HUD's Integrated Financial Management Improvements Project, under which the agency is looking to transform "core financial management processes and systems to improve financial accounting support for the Department and improve financial information accuracy and availability to HUD decision makers."
-Paul McDougal, InformationWeek.com
READ MORE...
Thursday, December 04, 2008
HUD picks IBM for financial system upgrade
The Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded IBM a $193 million contract to overhaul its financial management system.
Under the 10-year contract, IBM will replace several legacy financial management systems with one using Peoplesoft software. HUD expects the new system to be implemented in two years.
A HUD spokeswoman confirmed the agency selected IBM Nov. 26.
According to the solicitation, the end result of the new system will be the production of fully auditable financial statements throughout HUD, and potentially the Federal Housing Administration, Ginnie Mae, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
For information: FedBizOpps.gov award notice
Under the 10-year contract, IBM will replace several legacy financial management systems with one using Peoplesoft software. HUD expects the new system to be implemented in two years.
A HUD spokeswoman confirmed the agency selected IBM Nov. 26.
According to the solicitation, the end result of the new system will be the production of fully auditable financial statements throughout HUD, and potentially the Federal Housing Administration, Ginnie Mae, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
For information: FedBizOpps.gov award notice
Thursday, October 23, 2008
IG community honors auditors and investigators
Nearly 100 federal employees and agency teams tasked with fighting government fraud and waste received kudos from two top councils on integrity and efficiency on Thursday.
"Despite the transformation that requires all of us to be able to work in a dynamic environment, we have remained focused on our core mission," said Daniel Levinson, inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department and chairman of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency awards program. The 11th annual ceremony, held in Washington, coincided with the 30th anniversary of the 1978 Inspector General Act, which established the duties and responsibilities of the watchdog organizations.
The awards were handed out by the President's Council, which includes IGs appointed by the president, and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency, which includes IGs who are appointed by agency heads.
Winners included the asset forfeiture team at the Agriculture Department that handled National Football League quarterback Michael Vick's dog-fighting operation, and the team from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Office that investigated the physical soundness of the Mosul Dam.
The Sentner Award for Dedication and Courage, the IG community's highest honor, went posthumously to Paul Converse, a special auditor with the Iraq Reconstruction IG office who was killed in Iraq last March.
Marlane Evans, deputy inspector general for audit at Agriculture won the Alexander Hamilton Award, while the department's Link Team won the Gaston L. Gianni, Jr. Better Government Award for its investigation of electronic benefits transfer fraud. The Transportation Department team that investigated lapses in the Federal Aviation Administration's inspections program at Southwest Airlines won the Glenn/Roth Award for Exemplary Service. Education Department Inspector General John Higgins Jr., won the June Gibbs Brown Career Achievement Award. James Noeth, deputy inspector general for audit at the National Science Foundation, and Housing and Urban Development Department special agent Edwin Bonano both won awards for individual accomplishment.
-Alyssa Rosenberg, GovExec.com
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"Despite the transformation that requires all of us to be able to work in a dynamic environment, we have remained focused on our core mission," said Daniel Levinson, inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department and chairman of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency awards program. The 11th annual ceremony, held in Washington, coincided with the 30th anniversary of the 1978 Inspector General Act, which established the duties and responsibilities of the watchdog organizations.
The awards were handed out by the President's Council, which includes IGs appointed by the president, and the Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency, which includes IGs who are appointed by agency heads.
Winners included the asset forfeiture team at the Agriculture Department that handled National Football League quarterback Michael Vick's dog-fighting operation, and the team from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Office that investigated the physical soundness of the Mosul Dam.
The Sentner Award for Dedication and Courage, the IG community's highest honor, went posthumously to Paul Converse, a special auditor with the Iraq Reconstruction IG office who was killed in Iraq last March.
Marlane Evans, deputy inspector general for audit at Agriculture won the Alexander Hamilton Award, while the department's Link Team won the Gaston L. Gianni, Jr. Better Government Award for its investigation of electronic benefits transfer fraud. The Transportation Department team that investigated lapses in the Federal Aviation Administration's inspections program at Southwest Airlines won the Glenn/Roth Award for Exemplary Service. Education Department Inspector General John Higgins Jr., won the June Gibbs Brown Career Achievement Award. James Noeth, deputy inspector general for audit at the National Science Foundation, and Housing and Urban Development Department special agent Edwin Bonano both won awards for individual accomplishment.
-Alyssa Rosenberg, GovExec.com
READ MORE...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
HUD Seeks Assistant Chief Financial Officer for Accounting
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the nation’s housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and providing housing assistance for the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities, and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development and enforces the nation’s fair housing laws.
This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). The CFO reports directly to the Deputy Secretary, and advises the Secretary of the Department on all aspects of financial management, accounting and budgetary matters; ensures that the Department establishes and meets financial management goals and objectives; that the Department is in compliance with financial management legislation and directives; analyzes budgetary implications of policy and legislative proposals and provides technical oversight with respect to all budget activities throughout the Department.
Vacancy Announcement Closes: June 10, 2008
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=72057361&AVSDM=2008%2D05%2D20+16%3A09%3A41&Logo=0&jbf574=HUFF&FedEmp=Y&sort=rv&vw=d&ss=0&brd=3876&FedPub=Y&caller=/agency_search.asp&SUBMIT1.x=81&SUBMIT1.y=13
This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). The CFO reports directly to the Deputy Secretary, and advises the Secretary of the Department on all aspects of financial management, accounting and budgetary matters; ensures that the Department establishes and meets financial management goals and objectives; that the Department is in compliance with financial management legislation and directives; analyzes budgetary implications of policy and legislative proposals and provides technical oversight with respect to all budget activities throughout the Department.
Vacancy Announcement Closes: June 10, 2008
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=72057361&AVSDM=2008%2D05%2D20+16%3A09%3A41&Logo=0&jbf574=HUFF&FedEmp=Y&sort=rv&vw=d&ss=0&brd=3876&FedPub=Y&caller=/agency_search.asp&SUBMIT1.x=81&SUBMIT1.y=13
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