Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

White House $1.6B COVID fraud plan gives federal watchdogs increased staffing

The Biden administration is asking Congress to give federal watchdogs and prosecutors more funding — and more time — to go after billions of dollars…

Agency Oversight

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Pandemic broke down some, but not all barriers for IGs

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Rae Oliver Davis, inspector general at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Housing and Urban Development IG lays out its new 4-year strategy

Agency Oversight

Pandemic relief oversight sheds new light on persistent gaps in federal spending data

Agency Oversight

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With an increase in federal payouts comes an increase in improper payments

Agency Oversight

Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation inspector general

Hazards of self-certification and other lessons learned from federal government’s pandemic response

Agency Oversight

Border Patrol agent E. Flores shows the shower section during a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Donna, Texas. Officials say the site will primarily be used as a temporary site for processing and care of unaccompanied migrant children and families and will increase the Border Patrol's capacity to process migrant families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

IG: CBP’s social media policies could use an update

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FILE - This April 19, 2019 file photo shows a sign for the Department of Defense at the Pentagon in Washington. The Biden administration’s nominee for top Pentagon policy adviser was met with sharp criticism from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, including accusations that he has been too partisan to be confirmed for the job. Colin Kahl, who served as national security adviser to then-Vice President Joe Biden during the Obama administration, faced repeated questions on his previous support for the Iran nuclear deal and how he would approach that issue now. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Report: DoD’s lack of movement on modernization efforts could come back to haunt it

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Federal accounting can be a more dynamic career than it sounds, industry group says

If you think federal accounting is dull and unchanging, think again. People who do federal accounting and finance say it’s a constantly moving field that…

Budget

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More paid leave for feds on the table, as COVID-19 reconciliation talks begin

One budget reconciliation proposal would create a brand new bank of paid leave, worth about $570 million, for federal employees to recover from COVID-19…

Congress

Top challenges for IGs with the new administration

Agency Oversight

Michael Horowitz and Allison Lerner discussed what the inspectors general community thinks of the top challenges for the federal government in the next year.

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

White House $1.6B COVID fraud plan gives federal watchdogs increased staffing

Federal watchdogs still uncovering full scope of fraud in $5T COVID-19 spending

PRAC: Potentially over $5 billion in fraudulent pandemic loans from SBA

How to find data on millions and millions of pandemic federal funding awards

Pandemic broke down some, but not all barriers for IGs

Housing and Urban Development IG lays out its new 4-year strategy

Pandemic relief oversight sheds new light on persistent gaps in federal spending data

With an increase in federal payouts comes an increase in improper payments

Hazards of self-certification and other lessons learned from federal government’s pandemic response

IG: CBP’s social media policies could use an update

Report: DoD’s lack of movement on modernization efforts could come back to haunt it

Federal accounting can be a more dynamic career than it sounds, industry group says

More paid leave for feds on the table, as COVID-19 reconciliation talks begin

Top challenges for IGs with the new administration