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Department of Commerce OIG
Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Properly Disbursed Funds but Was Slow in Expending Fishery Disaster Assistance Funds
We audited the Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER’s) use of Federal Emergency and Pandemic Relief Financial Assistance Funds. Our audit objective was to determine whether federal funds received by PRDNER to support its fisheries in recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic1 and damages caused by several hurricanes were properly disbursed and used for their intended purpose. We conducted this audit in response to a congressional request, and answers to congressional questions about disaster relief funds are included in this report. Overall, we...
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG
Projected Benefit Payments in Selected Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Applications
Department of Commerce OIG
Independent Program Evaluation of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Pandemic Relief Program
For the independent program evaluation of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Pandemic Relief Program, the evaluation objective was to determine whether NIST grantees and subrecipients accounted for and expended pandemic relief funds provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and subsequent funding authorizations in accordance with federal laws and regulations. We contracted with the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), an independent firm, to perform this evaluation. Our office oversaw the evaluation’s progress to ensure that IDA performed it in...
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG
Audit of PBGC’s Review of Initial Special Financial Assistance Applications
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG
White Paper: Searching Plan Records for Deceased Participants
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG
PBGC Should Improve Its Special Financial Assistance Review Procedures
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG
Pending GAO Opinion on PBGC’s Final Rule that Adopted a Bifurcated Interest Rate for Certain SFA Applications
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation OIG
Risk Assessment of PBGC’s Implementation of Special Financial Assistance
Department of Commerce OIG
NIST Was Effective in Implementing the Requirements for Awarding Funds Under the CARES Act
Our objective was to determine whether NIST is complying with the requirements of the CARES Act. Specifically, we determined (1) what steps NIST took to implement and comply with the CARES Act, (2) challenges NIST faced during implementation, and (3) NIST’s status in the processing of applications and awarding funds under the CARES Act. Overall, we found that NIST implemented and followed the requirements of the CARES Act and applicable grant award policies and procedures. In addition, NIST implemented measures to mitigate challenges resulting from an increased workload and a forced transition...