For the Government Accountability office. Guest thank you for having me. Host tell us why the gao did this report. Guest the cares act passed in verch required us to ha oversight of the funding and activities of the federal government, specifically it requires us to provide oversight of the governments efforts to respond to and recover from covid19. And it includes us assessing the impact of covid19 on Public Health, as well as at the economy, as well as track the funding and use of the funding. The act requires us to report everything, starting 90 days after an accident, so the june report was our first report, and we will be issuing additional reports every other month. Host as soon as the legislation assigned, enacted and signed, the gao is monitoring . Guest absolutely, we are providing realtime oversight. We have experience doing this. Going back over a decade ago, for example, under the Lease Program that provided assistance to the Financial Sectors after the global crisis, we we
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Government, specifically it requires us to provide oversight of the specifically, it requires us to of the ongoing oversight governments efforts to recover covid19. The act requires us to report every 60 days, starting 90 days after an announcement, so our june report was our first report, and we will be issuing additional reports on the other months. Host basically s s this is signed, the gao is monitoring its spending . Guest absolutely. We are providing realtime oversight of the fund and we have experienced during this, going back over a decade, for example, under the troubled Asset Relief Program that provided assistance to the financial sectors after the financial crisis. We were required to provide ongoing oversight and issue a report every 60 days. We have experience and build on that experience to hit the ground running to provide immediate oversight and help ensure accountability and transparency of how the funds are being used. St lets take a look at the numbers. 2. 57 host l
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