Disaster Recovery Report · Department of the Interior OIG · 2020-06-25 · about Department of the Interior
Report
Title
Lessons Learned for Indian Country
Submitting OIG
Department of the Interior OIG
Component agency
Department of the Interior
Type
Disaster Recovery Report
Publication date
2020-06-25
Summary
The DOI will award most of its CARES Act funding to Indian Country through grants to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Of the $756 million, $522 million (69.0 percent) will be funded to Indian Country. As of June 13, 2020, $419,462,721, or 80.4 percent, had been obligated.These emergency response awards from the DOI–together with more than $8.7 billion in awards to Indian Country from other Federal departments—present a higher risk because they must be spent in a short period of time.