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the evidence.
The filing. The audit. The loan-level data. Read the records behind the pandemic economy, and see exactly what each source can tell you.
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Different sources answer different questions. Start with the material behind the claim.
Court
filings
What was alleged, argued or decided? Read indictments, complaints, pleas, orders and exhibits from federal cases.
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documents
What did the agency, auditor or committee report? Explore oversight reports, congressional records and litigation material.
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Who received the money? Work with published tables and preserved federal releases, from loan records to grant awards.
23 derived tables · 8 preserved releasesFind a datasetStatutes &
public laws
Which provision set the terms? Look up the public laws and introduced bills behind pandemic relief.
19 citation references · no full textLook up a citationFollow the money / Find the records
One program.
More than one kind of evidence.
The same collection, organized by relief program. Choose a program to see its filings, documents and available data.
Forgivable business loans
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Follow the lenders, the loans and the rules that paid for processing them.
Read the program guideDisaster loans
COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL)
Trace the disaster-loan program through litigation, source documents and award data.
Read the program guideUnemployment benefits
Pandemic unemployment insurance
Read the record on pandemic unemployment benefits, claims systems and the disputes that followed.
03 / Data downloads
Start with the filings and documents. For published tables across the archive, browse data downloads.
Restaurant grants
Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF)
Read the restaurant-grant rules and litigation, then explore the award file and cross-program matches.
Read the program guideVenue grants
Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG)
Follow relief for live-entertainment businesses through the grant records and the court filings.
Read the program guidePayroll tax credits
Employee Retention Credit (ERC)
Read the filings and source documents behind disputes over the payroll tax credit.
03 / Data downloads
Start with the filings and documents. For published tables across the archive, browse data downloads.
Beyond the largest programs
Other relief programs
Find records assigned to other pandemic relief programs across the court and source-document collections.
03 / Data downloads
Start with the filings and documents. For published tables across the archive, browse data downloads.
Beyond relief programs
Other pandemic litigation
Explore pandemic-era litigation outside the relief-program categories.
03 / Data downloads
Start with the filings and documents. For published tables across the archive, browse data downloads.
Counts reflect the published Sources index. Records can appear under more than one program; these totals are not additive.
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Complaints, motions, orders, pleas and more.
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Prosecutions, lender litigation, bankruptcies and civil suits.
By filing year
Follow the record over time.
By case
Court, docket number and the filings in each case.
Source documents
01By source
Congress, agencies, inspectors general and court dockets.
By document type
Reports, audits, testimony, letters and litigation records.
By docket
Litigation documents grouped by their court docket.
By document year
Source records from before, during and after pandemic relief.
By program
Relief programs and other pandemic litigation.
Check what kind of claim it is.
A complaint makes allegations. An order records a court's decision. The document type matters.
Keep the source and date with the number.
A fraud estimate, an improper payment and a charged loss measure different things. Read the definitions before comparing them.
Open the original where available.
Record pages identify the source and link to original files where available. Statute pages provide citations rather than full text.