Improper payments

House lawmakers aim to tackle improper payments with better data, IT

Rep. Gerry Connolly plans to develop legislation to address the growing issue of improper payments in federal spending.

Agency Oversight

Pandemic waste is enough to make a person cry

Agency Oversight

President Joe Biden speaks about status of the country's fight against COVID-19 in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden admin. hopes to make government services more inclusive for transgender people

Federal Newscast

Pandemic relief oversight sheds new light on persistent gaps in federal spending data

Agency Oversight

FILE - In this March 22, 2013 file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. As millions of Americans file their income tax returns, their chances of getting audited by the IRS have rarely been so low. The number of people audited by the IRS last year dropped for the sixth straight year, to just over 1 million. The last time so few people were audited was 2004, when the population was significantly smaller. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS ‘struck a nerve’ with facial recognition, but pieces missing in fight against fraud

Agency Oversight

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With an increase in federal payouts comes an increase in improper payments

Agency Oversight

FILE - This May 4, 2021, photo shows the Treasury Building in Washington. The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs. The shortfall this year is 9.7% higher than the $1.88 trillion deficit run up over the same period a year ago, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in its monthly budget report. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

Bureau of the Fiscal Service seeks to issue nearly all payments electronically by 2030

Big Data

Fake invoices cost complicit contractor $50M

Federal Newscast

Biden’s DoD will huddle about how to replace CMO position

DoD Reporter's Notebook

NSF develops predictive model to flag improper payments in grants

Big Data

Pentagon reports $5B in improper payments to civilian workforce

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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Predictive analytics being used to spot missing, suspicious payments for agencies

Predictive analytics can help detect internal and external failures.

Big Data

How well did the IRS handle pandemic?

The IRS this year has been blessed – or maybe it’s cursed – to live in interesting times. Delayed filings, getting millions of checks out under the pandemic…

Agency Oversight

Other methods to determine who’s eligible for government benefits

Big Data

IRS staff members knew ahead of time that some of the individual payments for pandemic relief would go to the deceased because of how timely vital records data comes in from Social Security.