Procurement: Overview of HUD's Contracting Activities

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) contracting activities, focusing on: (1) the source of HUD's procurement authority and how it is delegated; (2) the offices responsible for contracting and their roles; (3) the data HUD maintains on its contracting activities, and what these data show regarding the extent of the agency's contracting activities since fiscal year (FY) 1990; (4) contracting activities for task-order contracts; (5) how HUD obtains the services of experts and consultants; and (6) the contracting activities performed by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO).