How the Agriculture Department put the snap program on overdrive

In doing economic analyses leading to changes in federal benefits, agencies are obligated to do them a certain way. During the pandemic, the Agriculture Department redid an index resulting in a big boost in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Government Accountability Office finds, USDA didn’t quite proceed properly. To get more on this, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Kathryn Larin, GAO’s Director of Education, Workforce and Income Security.