May 31, 2012

Daily Housing News Round-Up

The Baltimore Sun reports that Maryland will spend most of its settlement funds on housing-related efforts. VA figures show steep decline in number of homeless veterans, Stars and Stripes. Housing Wire posts that the “risk of mortgage fraud declines to lowest level since ’09.” And, state regulators with the California Energy Commission are poised to [...]

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Update on HUD’s IT Modernization

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Today, the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) must deliver on the defined functions in the Clinger-Cohen Act, while also exceling in the unwritten yet critical disciplines that make or break a successful IT service delivery organization. At HUD for the last three years, we have been transforming our IT organization so that our [...]

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May 30, 2012

Daily Housing News Round-Up

Today, Secretary Donovan contributes to the Las Vegas Review-Journal – “a path forward for Nevada on housing.” Secretaries Donovan (HUD) and Shinseki (VA) provide keynote remarks at the 2012 National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) Annual Conference, Washington Post. Tomorrow, an Obama Administration task force, including Secretary Donovan, will announce a coordinated action plan to [...]

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Las Vegas Review Journal Op-Ed: A path forward for Nevada on housing

Ed note:  This op-ed original appeared in the Las Vegas Review Journal. Today, housing counselors, real estate professionals and others who work in Nevada’s housing sector will travel to the White House to talk with me and other senior Obama administration officials about how we can help them continue rebuilding in the wake of a [...]

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