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Watchdog says Congress should strengthen PPP oversight before a new COVID relief bill

Congress could still take up some sort of pandemic relief bill in the lame duck session. The Senate has been pondering a new payroll protection plan worth…

Agency Oversight

SBA’s 2020 pandemic transition, from big to huge, without flinching

Workforce

Machine learning could reduce improper CARES Act payments

Artificial Intelligence

Pressure building on Treasury, SBA to deliver more data on pandemic stimulus spending

Agency Oversight

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Treasury clarifies, PRAC is allowed to oversee all CARES Act spending

Federal Newscast

PPP money is back – for now

Commentary

Father and son working on laptop. businessman working from home and watching child. spending time with kid. Young man working on computer. StartUp. Freelance concept. successful modern family.

PRAC points out teleworking difficulties in analysis of agencies’ coronavirus response

Federal Newscast

Maybe SBA wasn’t best choice to deliver PPP benefits to minority businesses

Management

Congressman argues for boosting Technology Modernization Fund by 40x

House Democrats in their latest stimulus bill included a billion dollars for federal IT modernization after a $3 billion proposal was left out of the CARES…

Congress

Alan Chvotkin, Professional Services Council

Pandemics don’t stop the government from doing business

For a roundup and the effects it’s all having, the Executive Vice President and Counsel at the professional services counsel, Alan Chvotkin spoke to Federal…

Contracting

FILE - In this June 8, 2018 file photo, Mickey Mouse poses in front of the castle of Sleeping Beauty at Disneyland Paris, in Chessy, France, east of Paris. Theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Paris Resort will be closing through the end of the month, starting at the close of business Sunday, the Walt Disney Company announced. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Career choices: Mickey Mouse or civil servant? Your call

Federal Report

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