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Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Observations: Fiscal Year 2020 COVID-19 Federal Contracting
The PRAC’s objective was to review pandemic-related federal contracts and identify first-time contractors and contracts awarded without competitive bidding. We found that first-time federal contractors received $4.4 billion worth of pandemic contracts in Fiscal Year 2020 and that $128 million was deobligated from contracts with first-time federal contractors during the same period. Additionally, we identified the four most common flexibilities identified to justify limited competition were urgency, only one source, simplified acquisition procedures, and authorized by statute. Of these, we...
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Key Insights: COVID-19 in Correctional and Detention Facilities
Correctional and detention facilities present unique challenges in preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19. When compared to the general population, a disproportionate number of COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths occur in jails, prisons, and detention facilities across the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noted that the confined nature of correctional and detention facilities, combined with their congregate environments, heightens the potential for COVID-19 to spread once introduced into a facility. Individuals typically eat, sleep, and participate in activities...
General Services Administration OIG
Alert Memorandum: GSA Is Impeding Oversight of Its COVID-19 Activities
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
CSB Discontinued Information Recovery Testing and Off-Site Backup Storage During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Agile Toolkit
The PRAC released the Toolkit as a resource to assist federal, state, and local oversight agencies and professionals in conducting timely reviews and oversight of federal funding. The Toolkit provides OIGs and other oversight offices a set of guidelines, best practices, and lessons learned to help prepare these types of reports for CARES Act oversight and beyond.
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General Services Administration OIG
Alert Memorandum: Concerns Regarding PBS's Communication and Cleaning Procedures for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Exposures
Environmental Protection Agency OIG
Fiscal Year 2020 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Management Challenges
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