OJP Warned To Avoid CARES Act Fraud Schemes

OIG Recommends Agency Consider Oversight of CESF Funds to Low-Impacted Areas
Jerry Ashworth
July 20, 2020 at 07:43:36 ET
While its assessment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) steps for awarding emergency funding under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (Pub. L. 116-136) was positive, the DOJ Office of Inspector General (OIG), in a recent interim pandemic response report, did recommend that OJP address how it will monitor funds provide... Read More