Getty Images Those Costco runs were lifesavers, says Bill Briggs, of the early days of the Paycheck Protection Program, a forgivable loan offering that s helped millions of U.S. small businesses access about $750 billion in aid. Briggs most recently served as the acting associate administrator for the Small Business Administration s Office of Capital Access, where he oversaw the launch of the current round of the PPP and served as the SBA s liaison to financial institutions. Here, in honor of the one-year anniversary of the forgivable loan program, Briggs discusses what it was like to get the PPP off the ground. As told to Diana Ransom