There are probably many reasons for current lack of transparency. Some of the funds will become loans if the borrower does not meet the criteria for forgiveness such as not maintaining an adequate number of employees. Those loans will not ultimately be funded by taxpayers but the time as not yet lapsed to know which ones will not be forgiven. How would that be reported right now? One recipient might have received a very small amount but their business needed less. Should they be publicly reported? A big business, like Darden, has exponentially more losses than one local mom-and-pop. Should all of the applications also be reported even if they did not receive all of the funds they applied for? Has the oversight personnel been given enough time to gather the data and report it?
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