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Overseeing more than $5 trillion in pandemic-related programs and spending is a big job.
Learn how we at the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, along with others in the federal oversight community, are getting it done.
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Some businesses had their loans forgiven, others have to pay them back. Search for a borrower's name and find out more.
Whose Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans were forgiven?
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The Pandemic Analytics Center of Excellence (PACE) is changing the way watchdogs work. Learn how we’re using data in new ways to uncover fraud schemes.
We’re cracking down on fraud with advanced data analytics.
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Find out using the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, Shuttered Venue Operators Grants, and Restaurant Revitalization Fund dashboards.
Curious how COVID relief funds were spent in your community?
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Oversight community and policymakers: You’ll find best practices and lessons learned to help prevent and detect fraud in Chapter 3 of our Blueprint for Enhanced Program Integrity. These strategies can be implemented for emergency and non-emergency programs.
Blueprint for Enhanced Program Integrity Chapter 3
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PRAC Chair Michael E. Horowitz recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce. Read more and watch the testimony to learn what can be done to improve program integrity.
PRAC Chair testimony on preventing fraud and improper payments
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Our mission to understand communities’ experiences with pandemic funding and programs brought us next to Sheridan County, Nebraska, where we gathered valuable lessons learned to improve federal emergency response programs. Read the report to learn how this county used pandemic relief funding to respond to and mitigate the effects of COVID-19.
Focus on Community: Sheridan County, Nebraska
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Many state and local governments are using money from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) to address the lack of affordable housing in their communities. Here are six such housing projects—three in counties and three in states.
Federal money is funding local affordable housing projects
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Policymakers: Incorporate strategies from Chapter 2 to protect programs against fraud and improper payments. These measures can be incorporated into emergency and non-emergency funded programs.
Blueprint for Enhanced Program Integrity Chapter 2
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Our mission to understand communities’ experiences with pandemic funding and programs brought us next to Coeur d’Alene, ID, where we gathered valuable lessons learned to improve federal emergency response programs. Read the report to learn how this city used pandemic relief funding to respond to and mitigate the effects of COVID-19.
Focus on Community: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
In The News
Where did Pandemic Relief Funds Go?
This visualization and the spreadsheet do not reflect the approximately $27B in pandemic funding recalled under the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, signed on June 3, 2023.
Tracking Pandemic Spending
Download the spreadsheet to get more details on the categories and funding shown above.
See the six laws that funded pandemic relief programs.
Explore the relationship between the laws and the programs they funded with our interactive visualization.
