Lessons from Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

We issued a report which drew on our experience in performing more than 50 Recovery Act-related audits, conducting more than 200 criminal investigations, and reviewing nearly 145 allegations of reprisals of people seeking whistleblower protection under the Recovery Act. This “lessons learned” report provides our perspective on challenges the Department, its funding recipients and subrecipients, and the OIG faced and what lessons should be considered in the event that other legislation providing a large yet temporary funding increase (like the Recovery Act) is enacted in the future.