fraud
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The General Services Administration's System for Award Management still is recovering from a second fraud incident in the last three years.
April 16, 2018 -
Promoters of AI — the concept of which dates back 50 years — said it can reduce headcount, cut waste and fraud while digitizing customer service.
February 27, 2018 -
Giving agencies better access to accurate, timely death records could help curb improper payments to deceased employees.
February 06, 2018 -
The SEC's Rob Johnson talks about the positive return on investment his new cyber unit has been in fighting securities fraud in cyberspace.
January 08, 2018 -
Michelle Grajales, an FTC staff attorney, coordinated 36 separate enforcement actions in Operation Game of Loans.
December 15, 2017 -
David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, has narrowed the 1,266 pages of the NDAA down to four essential things they need to know.
September 25, 2017 -
Despite their unique missions, agencies face the same challenges when it comes to balancing risks, resources, and resilient bad actors.
September 20, 2017 -
Health and Human Services inspector general teams with state and federal law enforcement to nab large group of fraudsters.
August 09, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new piece of legislation to root out waste, fraud, and abuse with government credit cards gets through the Senate.
August 08, 2017 -
Both the Trump administration and Congress are offering new goals to cut government improper payments over the next five to 10 years. Experts in the field say the targets aren't impossible but need attention and investments in agency technology and personnel.
July 20, 2017 -
Non-existent sweepstakes, phony lotteries, reverse mortgage schemes and counterfeit drugs — fraudsters have unlimited imagination when if comes to separating people from their money, especially retirees and the elderly. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director at the National Institute of Transition Planning, offers some advice on avoiding ripoffs on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 05, 2017 -
Imagine cheating taxpayers out of millions and millions of dollars, and at the same time, deliberately misdiagnosing hundreds of patients just for the purpose of stealing. Unfortunately such people are out there. But there's one less now, thanks to the efforts of Bryan Drake. Drake is a special agent on the FBI Doctor Fata investigative team and a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss his process.
June 23, 2017 -
Ethical people don't need a code of ethics, while crooks and cheaters don't care whether you have one.
June 20, 2017 -
Federal Medicaid dollars are spent by the states. The Health and Human Services Department requires states to have Medicaid Fraud Control Units that hunt for theft or patient abuse. And they do get results. Richard Stern is the director of the Division of Medicaid Fraud Policy and Oversight in the HHS inspector general's office. He talked with Federal Drive with Tom Temin about their accomplishments in 2016.
June 12, 2017 -
The Justice Department's fraud section has added staff and caseload in the last year. Attorney Kevin Muhlendorf of Wiley Rein joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with analysis of the latest fraud section year in review.
March 02, 2017