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Abbreviation
PRAC
Federal Agency
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Location

United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline
Use this Hotline if you know of or suspect fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, or violations of laws and regulations involving the Coronovirus response, or funds or programs covered within the following Acts: • CARES Act • Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act • Families First Coronavirus Response Act • Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline
The following matters are NOT investigated by the PRAC • 911 emergencies • Non-Receipt of Economic Impact Payments (unless you suspect fraud)

Agile Oversight in a Time of Crisis: Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Conducting Oversight during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2024
PRAC-2024-01
Other
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Multiple Agencies
Pandemic

Recognizing the importance of an agile process, the PRAC, in coordination with CIGIE, hosted an Agile Oversight Forum in January 2023. This report captures the lessons learned and best practices shared by oversight experts from around the country at the Forum. The product is intended to be a...

Agile Toolkit

2021
PRAC-2020-05
Other
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Multiple Agencies
Pandemic

The PRAC released the Toolkit as a resource to assist federal, state, and local oversight agencies and professionals in conducting timely reviews and oversight of federal funding. The Toolkit provides OIGs and other oversight offices a set of guidelines, best practices, and lessons learned to help...

Pandemic Relief Experiences: A Focus on Six Communities

2024
PRAC-2024-02
Other
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Multiple Agencies
Pandemic

The PRAC along with 10 of our member Offices of Inspectors General conducted this second phase of our review in order to provide insights on the experiences of the two cities, two rural counties, and two Tribal reservations that, during the first part of our review, received a combined $2.65 billion...

Key Insights: Contracts and Grants Workforce Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2023
PRAC-2021-16
Other
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Multiple Agencies
Pandemic

During the pandemic, the contracts and grants workforce played a critical role in providing support to taxpayers, local governments, and other recipients through pandemic relief programs. The CARES Act directed the PRAC to review the sufficiency of contract and grant staffing and other resources...

Review of Personnel Shortages in Federal Health Care Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2023
PRAC-2023-03
Other
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Multiple Agencies
Pandemic

While personnel shortages existed in the health care community before the pandemic, the pandemic exacerbated these shortages. Maintaining an appropriate level of personnel in health care facilities is essential to providing a safe work environment for health care personnel and safe care to patients...

Identity Fraud Victim Redress Processes and Systems

2023
PRAC-2023-05
Other
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Multiple Agencies
Pandemic

Following up on our previous work which highlights the decentralized nature of identity fraud redress across the federal government, the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee commissioned the MITRE Corporation to conduct an independent study and define the elements needs for a whole-of...

Tracking Pandemic Relief Funds that Went to Local Communities Reveals Persistent Data Gaps and Data Reliability Issues

2023
PRAC-2023-04
Other
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Multiple Agencies
Pandemic

The PRAC along with 10 of our member Offices of Inspectors General began a case study-based review, in part, to learn more about how much pandemic relief funding went to recipients within six randomly selected communities. Using a combination of federal, state, and local data sources, we identified...

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