United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-04-25 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-663T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-663T P0b002ee180381b12 f:d01663t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-663T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-663T GAO-01-663T Unexpended budget balances Budget administration Budget authority Future budget projections American Dream Down Payment Fund Community Development Block Grant Housing Certificate Fund Public Housing Capital Fund Public Housing Drug Elimination Grant Public Housing Operating Fund Testimony A00896 GAO discussed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) fiscal year 2002 budget request. Because HUD's 2002 budget request was released only 2 weeks ago, GAO could only offer a general discussion of its policy implications and program trade-offs. GAO found that, in recent years, HUD has had significant unexpended balances, making it difficult for Congress to assess the Department's need for new appropriations. Without accurate and timely information about the nature, amount, and availability of HUD's unexpended balances, decision-makers cannot fully and fairly evaluate HUD's funding needs. HUD has initiated several short-term efforts to identify, quantify, and recapture some unexpended balances and has, in fact, recaptured about $3 billion each year between fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 2000. In spite of these efforts, HUD has not yet integrated the processes needed to routinely and accurately account for unexpended balances into its ongoing financial, program, and budget management. As a result, HUD does not have the information it needs to (1) determine with assurance how much of th unexpended balances should be recaptured and (2) clearly factor these funds into its budget requests. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-663T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-663T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-663T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-663T.pdf GAO-01-663T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-663T Testimony GAO-01-663T; Housing and Urban Development: Comments on HUD's Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request; Unexpended budget balances Budget administration Budget authority Future budget projections American Dream Down Payment Fund Community Development Block Grant Housing Certificate Fund Public Housing Capital Fund Public Housing Drug Elimination Grant Public Housing Operating Fund