An audit has surfaced criticism of Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Florida, regarding his oversight of COVID-19 relief funds whilst serving as director of the state's Division of Emergency Management. The 2022 audit found that Moskowitz's agency distributed approximately $1.23 billion in pandemic relief funding without the required monitoring of how recipients used the funds, a violation of federal regulations. This issue is particularly significant as Moskowitz is currently seeking re-election in one of America's most competitive congressional districts.

Between 2020 and 2021, FDEM distributed $210.5 million to 39 recipients, followed by $1.026 billion to 55 locations in the subsequent year, totalling $1.23 billion. Federal regulations explicitly require agencies to monitor subrecipients' activities, including reviewing audit reports and conducting on-site evaluations, which FDEM failed to do. Moskowitz resigned from his position at the end of April, making him responsible for the vast majority of the 2020-2021 fiscal year. His Republican opponent Scott Singer has seized on the audit as evidence of poor financial stewardship and has drawn parallels to previous controversies involving Moskowitz's financial dealings with disaster-recovery companies.