SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Committee on Government Reform

TESTIMONY of The Honorable Susan Gaffney
Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development
before a hearing of the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology

March 22, 2000 1999 Audit Results for the Department of Housing and Urban Development"

Chairman Horn, Ranking Member Turner, and Members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to give you my perspectives on the status of financial management at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). I am accompanied by Kathryn Kuhl-Inclan, Assistant Inspector General for Audit; James Heist, Director of theFinancial Audits Division; and Benjamin Hsiao, Director of the Information Systems AuditDivision. As the subcommittee is aware, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported on March 1, 2000 on our efforts to audit HUD’s fiscal year 1999 consolidated financial statements and issued a disclaimer of opinion.