This is the third in a series of articles concerning the audits and investigations related to the contracts and grants awarded, and relief funds provided, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article addresses how to know whether you or your company is under investigation or review or being considered for investigation or review.

In our previous articles, we discussed the multiple government enforcers and regulators charged with authority to oversee the application, eligibility, and use of COVID-19 relief funds. This article addresses how to know whether you or your company is under investigation or review or being considered for same. Sometimes it is obvious—for example, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) along with other agencies raid your offices. Other times, the signs are subtle.

Originally published in the August 2021 issue of Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report (Vol. 7, No. 8).