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We analyzed applications across major pandemic relief programs and estimate these programs disbursed approximately $79 billion to applicants who used over 1.4 million potentially stolen or invalid Social Security numbers (SSNs).
We built the PACE with the goal of creating a best-in-class analytics platform to support the oversight and law enforcement communities during the pandemic and beyond. As a cross-program, cross-agency solution, the PACE proactively identifies potential fraud in more than $5 trillion in federal funding.
Sustaining and expanding the PACE would save taxpayers millions, if not billions of dollars, by eliminating the need to recreate a data analytics center in response to the next crisis and continuing the critical work of preventing fraud and improper payments.
-Michael E. Horowitz, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Chair