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Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Los Angeles County, California’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Small Business Administration OIG

SBA’s Administrative Process to Address Potentially Fraudulent Restaurant Revitalization Fund Awards

We inspected the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) administrative process used to review potentially fraudulent Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) applications and recover funds. Program officials designed the RRF application validation and approval processes using the Government Accountability Office’s A Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs. However, 3,790 applications submitted through a point-of-sale partner were processed without verifying gross sales, a key control designed to prevent ineligible entities from receiving awards. As a result, SBA’s RRF...
Inspection / Evaluation |

Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of New York City’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of The Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Small Business Administration OIG

COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud Landscape

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted this review to provide a comprehensive estimate of the potential fraud in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) pandemic assistance loan programs. Over the course of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, SBA disbursed approximately $1.2 trillion of COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds. In the rush to swiftly disburse COVID-19 EIDL and PPP funds, SBA calibrated its internal controls. The agency weakened or removed the controls...
Disaster Recovery Report |
Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of State of Illinois’ Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Chippewa Cree Tribe’s Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund Proceeds

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Department of the Treasury OIG

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PANDEMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS: Audit of Air Carrier Worker Support Certifications - Bird Acquisition, LLC (Redacted)

Audit |

Department of Education OIG

Local Educational Agencies’ Uses of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds for Technology

This report presents the results of our survey on LEA experiences with using ESSER funds to purchase educational technology to continue student instruction during the coronavirus. The survey identified (1) types of educational technology that LEAs purchased with their ESSER funds, (2) challenges that LEAs experienced when using ESSER funds for educational technology, and (3) impact the educational technology had on student learning. The survey found that LEAs nationwide generally reported using ESSER funds to purchase educational technology to continue student instruction due to the...
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