US housing department (HUD) launches SI analysis of $77 billion a year in grant spending; Palantir has a $500 thousand role in the project
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SI is entering the auditing of public money: review gets faster, while the debate is over who checks the checker and how.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is launching SI analytics on September 30 in the HUD Unified Grants System: it will review every payment grant recipients make to contractors; the agency distributes about $77 billion a year on programs ranging from homeless assistance to community development. Acting chief financial officer Irving Dennis names the goal as "eliminating waste, fraud and abuse"; Palantir received a $500 thousand contract. Housing rights advocates fear a loss of human judgment, extra burden on small organizations and politically motivated decisions; HUD says SI "supports, not replaces" staff.
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