Foreword from Former Secretary of HUD, Dr. Ben Carson xiIntroduction: What the Reader Can Expect xviiPart I The Beginning1 The Nomination Process 32 About HUD 213 HUD's State of Affairs 43Part II The Evaluation Process4 My First Hundred Days 555 Evaluation of Governance, People, Processes, and Technology (GPPT) 756 Understanding How It Got This Bad 877 Barriers to Success 95Part III The Transformation Process8 Building the Platform for Success 1139 Financial and IT Modernization 13910 Coordination with Critical Service Providers 16111 The Results--Where We Were in 2020 17312 Making HUD's Transformation Sustainable 201Part IV Observations And Reflections13 Differences Between the Private and Public Sectors 21114 Final Thoughts--An Experience of a Lifetime 227Acknowledgments 251About the Author 255Appendix 257Appendix A Acronyms and Definitions 259Appendix B History of HUD 267Appendix C Summary of HUD's 2020 Enacted Budget 271Appendix D CFO Letters in the Agency Financial Report 273Appendix E My Resignation Letter 289Appendix F List of HUD's Accomplishments in 2018 and 2019 291Index 311
Irv Dennis is a strategic board member, advisor, executive, and financial expert. He is the former Chief Financial Officer of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and spent a 37-year career at Ernst & Young, LLP, retiring as a Senior Global Client Service Partner.