The official watchdog of the Federal Housing Finance Agency found a sympathetic audience in senators last week as the head of the FHFA’s Office of Inspector General sounded a now-familiar refrain – that the Finance Agency is falling short in its oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, FHFA Inspector General Steve Linick said the OIG has identified “deficiencies” in Finance Agency operations which appear to reflect two “significant and related trends.” First, the FHFA has relied too much on the determinations of the two GSEs without independently testing and validating those determinations, testified Linick. “Second, FHFA was not proactive in oversight and enforcement and accordingly, resource allocations may have affected its ability to oversee the GSEs and enforce its directives,” said Linick. “Both trends have emerged in a number of our reports.”