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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG

Projected Benefit Payments in Selected Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Applications

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG

Management Alert: Deceased Participants in the Central States’ Special Financial Assistance Calculation

Illinois Auditor General

Program Audit of the Business Interruption Grant Program

The Illinois Auditor General, conducted a performance audit of the Business Interruption Grant (BIG) program, which was developed under the state's Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to provide $585 million in economic relief for small businesses hit hardest by COVID-19. Among their findings the Auditor General noted that DCEO allowed, without verification, BIG small business grant applicants to self-certify that they complied with all laws as well as reporting other pandemic funding. The office's analysis found 196 ineligible applicants received $3.42 million in the first...
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG

PBGC Should Improve Its Special Financial Assistance Review Procedures

Alaska Division of Legislative Audit

A Special Review of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Alaska CARES Act Small Business Relief Program

The audit concluded that the Alaska Small Business Relief Program disbursed approximately $282 million of CARES Act funds through the issuance of 5,754 grants; however, the distribution rate of grant funds fell far short of expectations. The State expected to distribute $150 million per month, yet only $18 million was distributed by the end of the program’s second month. Additionally, Results of testing found a high rate of unallowable grant awards. Auditors tested 155 grants and identified at least one error for 39 percent of the grants tested.