The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee has released a toolkit established to help agency management and other key stakeholders increase transparency around emergent concerns, such as the disbursement of federal funds.
Agile products highlight issues requiring immediate action for oversight officials or Congressional stakeholders and others who have requested reviews of high risk areas. The toolkit is designed to aid federal Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs), state, and local agencies that conduct quick reviews as part of their duties to provide expeditious oversight of federal funds.
The guidelines in the toolkit pertain to reviews related not only to the effects of COVID-19 on federal operations (e.g., Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act expenditures), but also to reviews of other emergent or ongoing challenges external to COVID-19, such as threats to health, safety, and the environment.