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Management Alert Paycheck Protection Program Loan Recipients on the Department of Treasury’s Do Not Pay List
Promptly identify PPP loans that have not been fully disbursed and follow-up with the lenders to stop $280 million in potential improper loan disbursements.
Strengthen SBA controls to ensure that loans to ineligible recipients are not forgiven.
Review prepayment and pre-award procedures and work with Treasury to formulate a technical approach to use Treasury’s DNP portal to determine loan applicant eligibility and prevent improper payments before the release of any federal funds.
Evaluation of the CARES Act Debt Relief to 7(a) Borrowers
Incorporate procedures to verify the accuracy and reasonableness of the loan status, principal, interest, and any fees of loans before approving subsidy payments.
Establish post-payment audit procedures, using a risk-based approach, to verify the accuracy and completeness of all subsidy payments to lenders and include reviews of payments made to loans that changed from liquidation status to regular servicing status, and remedy improper payments in accordance with the Payment Integrity Act of 2019.
Inspection of Small Business Administration's Initial Disaster Assistance Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Review all loans that had a bank account number changed from that shown on the original application to determine if the changes were legitimate or fraudulent. If not legitimate, work to recover the funds, deobligate any undisbursed funds, and refer to the OIG.
Strengthen controls for verifying an entity’s start date to ensure applicants meet eligibility requirements.
Establish or strengthen controls to ensure loan deposits are made to legitimate bank accounts for eligible borrowers only.
Review duplicate loans to IP addresses, email addresses, business addresses, and bank accounts to determine if there are undisbursed funds that should be suspended until the duplicate loans are assessed for eligibility.
Cancel all ineligible loans that are not disbursed, recover funds from all loans disbursed to ineligible applicants, and flag those loans for the improper payments estimation process.
Strengthen or establish controls to ensure multiple loans are provided only to eligible applicants and prevent the erroneous duplication of loans.
Strengthen data integrity to make it possible to determine if the inaccurate information allowed loans to be made to ineligible entities and to strengthen SBA’s ability to service loans appropriately.
Review the applicants with approved loans to determine if there are undisbursed funds remaining that should be suspended until the business start date is verified and the applicant is deemed eligible based on the CARES Act eligibility requirements. If the applicant is deemed ineligible, recover any disbursed funds, deobligate any undisbursed funds, and flag the application as ineligible.
Review the advance grants to determine if the application was legitimate and the business met CARES Act eligibility requirements. If not, recover the funds and flag the application as ineligible.
Revise the FY 2021 Improper Payments Act Checklist to include checking EIN dates for COVID-19 EIDLs and advance grants or program the system to flag erroneously approved loans and advance grants as improper payments; the information should be used during the FY 2021 improper payments estimation process.
Evaluation of Department of Defense Medical Treatment Facility Challenges During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Rec. 1.a: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in conjunction with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group within 30 days of this report's publication, to address the personnel, supplies, testing capabilities, information technology, communication, and lines of authority challenges that we identified during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic that exist between the Services and the Defense Health Agency. The working group should establish milestones to develop guidance for coordinating the staffing of multi-Service military treatment facilities during a pandemic.
Rec. 1.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in conjunction with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group within 30 days of this report's publication, to address the personnel, supplies, testing capabilities, information technology, communication, and lines of authority challenges that we identified during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic that exist between the Services and the Defense Health Agency. The working group should establish milestones to consolidate Coronavirus Disease-2019 reporting requirements and recipients to reduce duplication and inconsistent requirements.
Rec. 1.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in conjunction with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group within 30 days of this report's publication, to address the personnel, supplies, testing capabilities, information technology, communication, and lines of authority challenges that we identified during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic that exist between the Services and the Defense Health Agency. The working group should establish milestones to create a pandemic-related informational website and a toll-free number for beneficiaries to find Coronavirus Disease-2019-related information and ensure the website and toll-free number are advertised and maintained.
Rec. 1.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in conjunction with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group within 30 days of this report's publication, to address the personnel, supplies, testing capabilities, information technology, communication, and lines of authority challenges that we identified during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic that exist between the Services and the Defense Health Agency. The working group should establish milestones to issue clarifying guidance for defining essential personnel for civilian healthcare workers.
Rec. 1.e: The DoD OIG recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in conjunction with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Secretaries of the Military Departments, establish a working group within 30 days of this report's publication, to address the personnel, supplies, testing capabilities, information technology, communication, and lines of authority challenges that we identified during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic that exist between the Services and the Defense Health Agency. The working group should establish milestones to update contracts to allow for more flexibility regarding the use of contracted personnel during extenuating circumstances, such as a pandemic.