Home RELIEF Act Information Workgroup on Pandemic Spending Workgroup on Pandemic Spending The Comptroller’s Workgroup on Pandemic Spending, an agency-led panel that will conduct a comprehensive review of state and federal COVID-related spending has been formed. Resulting from language inserted into the Fiscal Year 2022 budget by the Maryland General Assembly following Comptroller Franchot’s request for an independent review of pandemic-related spending, the workgroup will deliver a full inspection of how pandemic funds have been expended; determine if the funds went to intended recipients and populations most in need; examine disparities in distribution; and identify possible predatory fraud and pandemic profiteering. The workgroup, chaired by the Comptroller, is composed of key agency leadership – the Deputy Comptroller, the directors of the Comptroller’s General Accounting and Compliance divisions, and the directors of the Bureau of Revenue Estimates and the Office of Risk Management. Agendas June 7, 2022 Workgroup March 29, 2022 Workgroup February 22, 2022 Workgroup December 8, 2021 Workgroup November 9, 2021 Workgroup July 29, 2021 Workgroup June 23, 2021 Workgroup May 20, 2021 Workgroup Presentations Southern Management Companies, Hotel Division Pandemic Spending Presentation - 06/07/2022 Grow and Fortify Pandemic Spending Presentation - 06/07/2022 Baltimore Teachers Union Pandemic Spending Presentation - 03/29/2022 Maryland State Education Association Pandemic Spending Presentation - 03/29/2022 Maryland State Department of Education Pandemic Spending Presentation - 03/29/2022 Montgomery County Public Schools Pandemic Spending Presentation - 03/29/2022 Howard County Public Schools Pandemic Spending Presentation - 03/29/2022 Maryland Tourism Coalition Pandemic Spending Presentation - 02/22/2022 Maryland Entertainment State Association Pandemic Spending Presentation - 02/22/2022 Maryland State Arts Council Pandemic Spending Presentation - 02/22/2022 Caring for Maryland's Most Important Natural Resource Pandemic Spending Presentation - 12/08/2021 Maryland Department of Human Services Pandemic Spending Presentation - 12/08/2021 Maryland Department of Agriculture Pandemic Spending Presentation - 12/08/2021 Maryland Nonprofits Pandemic Spending Presentation - 11/09/2021 Hispanic Business Center MD SBDC Pandemic Spending Presentation - 11/09/2021 Unite Here Local 7 Pandemic Spending Presentation - 11/09/2021 Department of Labor Pandemic Spending Presentation - 07/29/2021 Department of Commerce Spending Summary - 06/23/2021 Department of Housing and Community Development Spending Summary - 06/23/2021 Department of Housing and Community Development Supporting Attachments - 05/20/2021 Department of Budget and Management Spending Summary - 05/20/2021 BRE: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PANDEMIC RELIEF PROGRAMS IN MARYLAND - 05/20/2021 Press Releases and Media Advisories Comptroller's Workgroup on Pandemic Spending to Meet Tuesday - 06/06/2022 Comptroller's Workgroup on Pandemic Spending Warned About Coming "Funding Cliff" for Schools - 03/29/2022 Comptroller's Workgroup on Pandemic Spending to Meet Tuesday - 03/28/2022 Comptroller's Workgroup on Pandemic Spending to Meet Tuesday - 02/22/2022 Child Care Providers Detail Frustrations with Pandemic Relief Distributions - 12/08/2021 Comptrollers Workgroup on Pandemic Spending to Meet Wednesday - 12/07/2021 Comptrollers Workgroup on Pandemic Spending to Meet Tuesday - 11/05/2021 Comptroller's Workgroup Probes Unemployment Insurance Delays, Customer Service Woes, Fraudulent Filings - 07/29/2021 Comptroller's Workgroup on Pandemic Spending to Meet Thursday - 07/27/2021 Comptroller's Workgroup Hears Pandemic Spending Overview From Commerce, Housing Departments - 06/23/2021 Comptroller's Work Group on Pandemic Spending to Meet Wednesday - 06/23/2021 Comptrollers Workgroup Hears Pandemic Relief Spending Exceeds $62 Billion in Maryland - 05/20/2021 Comptroller's Work Group on Pandemic Spending to Hold First Meeting Thursday - 05/18/2021 Comptroller Franchot Launches Workgroup on Pandemic Spending - 04/21/2021 Recorded Meetings June 7, 2022 Meeting March 29, 2022 Meeting February 22, 2022 Meeting December 8, 2021 Meeting November 9, 2021 Meeting July 29, 2021 Meeting June 23, 2021 Meeting May 20, 2021 Meeting