Linda Miller

Getty Images

Some feds continue to see fraudulent FSAFEDS deductions

One former official questioned why OPM and the FSAFEDS program didn’t have stronger fraud controls in place before recent reports of fraudulent deductions.

Read more
biometric security, Pandemic, fraud, PRAC

Beyond finger-pointing: Common sense reform needed to prevent another fraud crisis

Read more
biometric security, Pandemic, fraud, PRAC

‘Eye-watering kind of fraud’: Improper payments account for third of pandemic unemployment program’s funds

Read more
Conceptual background of Artificial intelligence , humans and cyber-business  on programming technology 
element ,3d illustration

More federal spending should come with investment in data-driven tools to fight fraud

Read more
Amelia Brust, Federal News NetworkSocial Security, SSA, worker, telework, episodic telework

SSA built a system to help combat identity fraud. Backers say it’s ‘at risk of collapse’

Read more
Getty Images/iStockphoto/jat306documents, papers, files, records, office

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

Read more
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies in Philadelphia. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday, March 12, 2021 that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun, with the aim of having the first payments start showing up in bank accounts this weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pandemic oversight board to preserve data analytics tools beyond its sunset date

Read more
ArmyArmy National Guard soldiers women Malaysia

More women are joining the military but they’re not sticking around

In today’s Federal Newscast, the military has made some gains in recruiting women over the past 15 years — but they’re still much less likely to serve…

Read more

Integrating Program Integrity into Your Office

FEDtalk Tune in to FEDtalk this week to hear about how federal offices can mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse before the issue requires an oversight investigation….

Read more
Seema Verma

CMS sees improper payments drop after ‘targeted review’ of requirements

One of the biggest culprits of improper payments in the federal government — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — is making progress to combat the issue.

Read more