Read the post Protecting Emergency Assistance Funding from Payment Errors, Including Fraud July 13, 2023 Federal emergency assistance is a critical resource for helping communities, businesses, and ...
Read the post What About the Next Pandemic? How Can the Federal Government Better Prevent and Plan For the Next Public Health Emergency? July 11, 2023 We have made about 400 recommendations to improve the government’s response for future public health ...
Read the post Federal Payment Errors, Known As Improper Payments, Are A Continuing Concern March 29, 2023 The federal government reported an estimated $247 billion in payment errors during the most recently ...
Read the post Federal Money for Disaster Recovery and Resilience Could Be Spent Better March 16, 2023 Rebuilding and recovering from disasters, such as hurricanes and wildfires, can take years. Millions ...
Read the post Entertainment Venues Have Reopened. We Examined Efforts to Aid Them During the Pandemic October 13, 2022 This past summer marked the return to live concerts and movie theaters for many of us. But, the ...
Read the post Federal Financial Statements Continue to Show Serious Management Weaknesses February 22, 2022 Each year, we audit the federal government’s financial statements—including spending, revenues, and ...
Read the post Preventing Fraud in CARES Act Programs November 16, 2021 Congress appropriated nearly $5 trillion through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ...
Read the post Rooting Out Fraud in Federal Small Business Research Awards August 12, 2021 In 2019, a software developer in Chicago submitted bank statements from a fake investor to obtain a ...
Read the post Federal COVID Relief for Small Businesses Arrived Quickly, But With Risks to Loan Programs August 10, 2021 Many of the more than 30 million small businesses in the U.S. experienced decreased revenue or ...
Read the post Swift, Sustained Action Needed to Improve Federal Response to COVID-19 March 31, 2021 The nation is now in its second year of the coronavirus pandemic and still faces a number of ...
Read the post U.S. Government’s 2020 Financial Statements Reveal Serious Management Weaknesses and Ongoing Efforts to Correct Those Weaknesses March 29, 2021 The federal government has recently issued its 2020 financial statements. These statements provide a ...
Read the post For Women’s History Month, Women in the Workforce and Economy March 08, 2021 Women have made significant strides in the fight for representation and equal treatment in the ...