Bob Westbrooks

rdf:langString Bob Westbrooks

rdf:langString Robert A. Westbrooks

rdf:langString Robert A. Westbrooks

rdf:langString c. 1975

rdf:langString Deputy Inspector General for the Small Business Administration

rdf:langString Executive Director, Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

rdf:langString Inspector General of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

rdf:langString committee created

rdf:langString Robert A. (Bob) Westbrooks is an American attorney and government executive, Certified Public Accountant, auditor, federal agent, government watchdog, speaker and author. Westbrooks is best known for the transparency he provides to the American public in his current role; Executive Director of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), an independent committee within the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). PRAC was created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, and is charged with overseeing the now-$5 trillion in government spending relief efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically with respect to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. As of September 2021, PRAC reported an estimated $100 billion in financial benefits the government distributed were fraudulent, and over $10 billion of the $150 billion given directly to the states for local distribution has yet to be spent. The PRAC provides extensive information related to the government's financial COVID-19 relief efforts on its website, in both interactive and downloadable formats.