To Whom It May Concern:
I am very concerned about the choices for HUD Secretary that has been mentioned in the news recently. While working for a local government agency I essentially follow HUD regulations to provide programs in the community. These programs range from public services such as after-school activities to the development of affordable housing.
My experience with HUD’s operations has been extremely frustrating because of the disjointed nature of the program implementation process. It is my hope that the Obama administration would select someone that could streamline the process in a way that will allow people like me to concentrate on program implementation rather than filling out paperwork for 10 different departments within HUD.
Ideally, I could select a project in my community and report it to a HUD online project management system that would allow for regulation compliance reporting in a central location. For example, the finance, environmental, davis-bacon, section 3 regulations can all be input into one central database that can track the progress of any project and any department within HUD can make sure that the project is in compliance at every stage of implementation.
Please remember HUD is a $35.2 billion operation and it affects many people and organizations throughout the country. Thank you for listening to my concern and I look forward to hearing the candidate for HUD Secretary.
Sincerely,
Damian Pipkins
