Nearly 100 percent of primary Recovery Act recipients required to report on the funds they’ve received and how they are being spent did so last quarter, OMB has said.
It said that of the 74,244 recipients required to file last quarter, just 352 failed to do so, and that of the 352 who failed to file, 89 percent were first-time non-reporters who sometimes have technical problems reporting, so the relevant agency contacts them with a warning letter that also offers the necessary technical or other assistance.
Other cases of first-time non-reporting have been as simple as internal company or organization miscommunication or personnel changes but in most cases the recipient resolves their internal technical or staffing issue and files the next quarter, according to OMB.
It said that of the remaining 40 non-reporters, 32 failed to comply twice, 4 failed to comply three times, and 4 failed to comply four times and that each of these cases is pursued by the relevant agency with action ranging from withholding or rescinding funds to litigation. Information on awards and action being taken for non-compliance is available at recovery.gov.
