US EditionUS wants back millions in COVID relief from local governments over missing reports
UNITED STATES, JUL 30 – The U.S. Treasury aims to recover $139 million from nearly 1,000 local governments that failed to file required reports on COVID-19 relief fund usage, GAO analysis shows.
- The U.S. Treasury is working to recover COVID-19 relief funds from local governments that did not report how they used the money, totaling $139 million, according to an analysis by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
- As of January, about 1,000 smaller governments had failed to file reports regarding pandemic relief, leading to ongoing recovery efforts by the Treasury.
- The GAO stated that the failure to file reports is preventing the Treasury from verifying whether funds are being spent on allowable purposes.
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