What GAO Found By 2019, the number of foreclosed properties—known as real estate-owned (REO) properties—that federal entities owned declined to historically low levels because of the housing market recovery and the sale of many of the properties (see figure).
The Commissioner of FHA should identify and use metrics that measure how the agency's REO program supports its regulatory goal of strengthening communities. For example, the agency might measure the policy outcomes from the REO property sales made through FHA's alternative sales programs.
The VA Under Secretary for Benefits should identify and use metrics that measure how the agency's REO program contributes to VA's mission to support veterans and veteran homeownership, such as metrics that track veteran purchases of REO properties. (Recommendation 2)
The Administrator of RHS should identify and use metrics that measure how the agency's REO program contributes to RHS's mission of supporting low-income homeowners in rural areas, such as metrics that track this population's purchases of REO properties. (Recommendation 3)
What GAO Found Since 2012, utilities have taken steps to improve grid resilience to severe hurricanes, such as (1) implementing storm hardening measures to enable the grid to better withstand the effects of hurricanes; (2) adopting technologies to enhance operational capacity and help quickly restore...
The Secretary of Energy should take steps to better leverage the National Laboratories' emerging grid resilience efforts and technologies by developing a formal mechanism to share this information with utilities. (Recommendation 2)
The Secretary of Energy should establish a plan, including timeframes as appropriate, to guide the agency's efforts to develop tools for resilience planning, such as performance measures for resilience, a framework for resilience planning, and additional information on the cost of long-term power outages....
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Matter of: Wolff & Mueller Government Services GmbH & Company KG
File: B-419431; B-419431.
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Matter of: Digital Forensic Services, LLC
File: B-419305.3
Date: February 25, 2021
Isaias “Cy” Alba, IV, Esq.
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Matter of: Optimize Consulting, Inc.--Costs
File: B-419212.2
Date: February 25, 2021
Lee Dougherty, Esq.