Disaster Recovery Report · Department of the Interior OIG · 2020-05-20 · about Department of the Interior
Report
Title
Lessons Learned for CARES Act Awards
Submitting OIG
Department of the Interior OIG
Component agency
Department of the Interior
Type
Disaster Recovery Report
Publication date
2020-05-20
Summary
On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Among its provisions, the CARES Act provided the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) with $756 million to support the needs of DOI programs, bureaus, Indian Country, and the Insular Areas.The DOI will award most of its CARES Act funding through contracts and financial assistance agreements (such as grants and cooperative agreements). Our past work demonstrates that these awards are a vulnerable area for the DOI.