How bad data management botched the US COVID-19 financial assistance plan
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How bad data management botched the US COVID-19 financial assistance plan
1:09 / June 29, 2020

According to the GAO​, 1.1 million payments went to dead people to reach that $1.4 billion tally, but the crux of the issue is data management across the US government.

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