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September 10, 2020
The Honorable Richard K. Delmar
Deputy Inspector General
U.S. Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20220
Dear Deputy Inspector General Delmar,
The undersigned associations representing state and local governments, and their elected officials, have embraced the fact that our national emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic requires strong coordination and partnership at the federal, state and local levels. We are writing to express our concern that recent changes to the regulatory and oversight process for the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) by different offices within the U.S. Treasury, including your own, creates greater confusion over eligible expenditures state and local governments can make to prevent the worst possible health and economic outcomes related to COVID-19 as intended by the CARES Act.
In lieu of formal regulation, the U.S. Department of Treasury chose to publish informal rolling guidance that is periodically updated in the form of a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) document to address questions or matters regarding the CRF authorized under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Although the piecemeal process has been challenging for states and localities, we believe this choice represents a good faith effort by the U.S. Treasury to make CRF dollars available to states and localities as quickly as possible; and to clarify numerous issues not accounted for in the authorizing legislation.
State and local officials responsible for managing and executing activities supported by the Coronavirus Relief Fund have relied on the guidance provided in question number two on the Coronavirus Relief Fund Frequently Asked Questions Updated as of August 10, 2020. In this August 10 document, The Treasury Department’s FAQ says:
“The Guidance says that funding can be used to meet payroll expenses for public safety, public health, health care, human services, and similar employees whose services are substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. How does a government determine whether payroll expenses for a given employee satisfy the “substantially dedicated” condition?
The underlined guidance above is clear that state and local recipients of CRF funds may presume that payroll costs for public health and public safety employees are payments for services substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency. By contrast, OIG-CA-20-028, questions 69, 69(a), and 69(b) introduce a possible equivocation on this guidance.
• Specifically, question 69 states the reporting requirements include, but are not limited to (1) general and subsidiary ledgers used to account for the receipt of CRF payments and subsequent disbursements; and (2) payroll, time, and human resource records to support costs incurred for payroll expenses related to addressing the COVID-19 health emergency.
• Question 69(a) from OIG-CA-20-028 states that recipient governments, including cities, will have to demonstrate/substantiate that an employee’s function/duties were in fact substantially dedicated to mitigating the emergency.
• Question 69(b) similarly requires recipient governments to demonstrate/substantiate that the duties/functions of an employee substantially dedicated to mitigating the emergency are also a substantially different use.
We believe the removal of these burdensome reporting requirements would fall in line with the intention of the Department of the Treasury. In fact, the Department of the Treasury released updated guidance on September 2, after the release of the OIG-CA-20-028, that adds a section titled “Supplemental Guidance on Use of Funds to Cover Payroll and Benefits of Public Employees.” This new section further reiterates the presumption that payroll costs for public health and public safety employees are payments for services substantially dedicated to mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency and are substantially different use than accounted for in the most recently approved budget as of March 27, 2020. Otherwise, the chilling effect noted above will continue to delay the disbursement of these funds to areas of critical need.
Again, in this unprecedented time, it is imperative that every level of government work in harmony to defeat the threat of COVID-19 to public health and economic stability.
Thank you for your continued hard work and leadership during these challenging times. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this issue further. We are committed to a solution that helps our nation mitigate, respond, and recover from these historic times.
Sincerely,
National Governors Association
National Conference of State Legislatures
National League of Cities
National Association of Counties