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Today, Michael E. Horowitz, Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, (PRAC) announced the release of Provider Relief Fund (PRF) data. The PRF data shows payments to health care providers adversely affected by the pandemic and previously was available only on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website. About the Provider Relief Fund Funding from the PRF went to qualified hospitals and health care providers for expenses or lost revenue due to the pandemic. Congress has allocated $186.5 billion to the PRF through the CARES Act and related pandemic relief legislation...

Today, Michael E. Horowitz, Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) announced the public release of an updated dataset of Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) spending by states, eligible local governments, Tribal governments, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories. CRF data is only available on the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) page on this website and includes all funds spent March 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. About the CRF Data This update includes the following data and features related to the CRF: As of March 31, 2021, 693 prime recipients have reported on their...

Earlier this year, the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR) sought a legal opinion from the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) to determine whether SIGPR’s oversight jurisdiction extended to two programs created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) over which the Inspector General for the Department of the Treasury (Treasury OIG) was already conducting oversight. The OLC opinion concluded, after reviewing the CARES Act’s statutory language and legislative history, that SIGPR’s legal authority does not extend to those two...

Today Michael E. Horowitz, Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), announced the release of the PRAC’s Semiannual Report to Congress. The report covers the period from October 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. This is the second Semiannual Report to Congress since the PRAC was created in March 2020. The full report can be found here. The report is required by the CARES Act and summarizes our work during the first half of FY21. We wrote this report to update Congress on our efforts to promote public transparency and ensure coordinated oversight of more than $5 trillion in...

The American Rescue Plan (ARP) provides an additional $1.9 trillion in pandemic response and relief funding. Consistent with White House ARP implementation efforts, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) share a common goal of fastidious oversight of ARP funds on behalf of the American taxpayers. To that end, OMB and the PRAC have recently engaged in extensive coordination to strengthen oversight and promote transparency of pandemic spending. As the first public step in this ongoing effort, the Administration issued guidance in...

The enactment of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) adds to the important independent oversight responsibilities of the PRAC and its member Inspectors General. We are committed to promoting transparency and conducting aggressive oversight of the more than $5 trillion in pandemic response funding included in the ARP, the CARES Act, and other pandemic legislation to ensure taxpayer dollars are used effectively and for their intended purposes in response to this public health and economic crisis. We appreciate the ongoing support from Congress and the Administration of the PRAC and its oversight...