Watchdog Says Biden’s Energy Department Hands Out $56 Million in Unaudited Grants, Warns More Waste, Fraud Likely

Watchdog Says Biden’s Energy Department Hands Out $56 Million in Unaudited Grants, Warns More Waste, Fraud Likely
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during a briefing about the bipartisan infrastructure law at the White House in Washington on May 16, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters
Mark Tapscott
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More than $56 million in Department of Energy (DOE) grants to 60 for-profit recipients—in addition to billions of dollars under President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act—aren’t being audited as required by federal law because the DOE isn’t obtaining regular reports on how the money is being spent, according to a government watchdog.

“We found that [DOE’s Office of] Science did not always ensure that for-profit grantees were compliant with audit regulations, including unaudited award expenditures, late audit report submissions, use of incorrect regulations or audit type, and incomplete reporting packages. These issues were due to Science lacking a system or tracking mechanism for monitoring grantees’ expenditures that may require an audit,” the DOE Inspector-General (IG) reported.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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