Read the post More Fraud Has Been Found in Federal COVID Funding—How Much Was Lost Under Unemployment Insurance Programs September 13, 2023 Criminal charges against individuals in alleged COVID-19 funding fraud are growing. Last month, the ...
Read the post Protecting Emergency Assistance Funding from Payment Errors, Including Fraud July 13, 2023 Federal emergency assistance is a critical resource for helping communities, businesses, and ...
Read the post Our Latest High Risk List Update—GAO Sees Progress in 16 Areas, But Lingering Serious Issues in Others April 20, 2023 Today, we issued our latest High Risk List , which includes 37 areas across the federal government ...
Read the post How Prevalent is Fraud in Federal Programs? We Take a Look—Focusing on Unemployment Insurance Oversight January 23, 2023 Fraud hurts the integrity of federal programs and erodes the public’s trust in government. Fraud ...
Read the post Lessons Learned When a Pandemic Led to Rapidly Rising Unemployment Claims June 07, 2022 The pandemic brought with it a major onslaught of new unemployment applications across the country ...
Read the post Preventing Fraud in CARES Act Programs November 16, 2021 Congress appropriated nearly $5 trillion through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ...
Read the post Rooting Out Fraud in Federal Small Business Research Awards August 12, 2021 In 2019, a software developer in Chicago submitted bank statements from a fake investor to obtain a ...
Read the post The Watchdog is Afoot! May 22, 2020 Sherlock Holmes might be literature’s most famous detective, but he can still surprise you. For ...
Read the post As Aid for COVID-19 Arrives, So Might Fraud. Here’s How You Can Report It. April 14, 2020 The federal government has taken extraordinary measures to help those affected by the COVID-19 ...
Read the post Disclosing Wrongdoing: How to Improve Protections for Federal Whistleblowers July 25, 2019 Whistleblowers help protect the government from waste, fraud, and abuse by reporting potential ...
Read the post Federal Efforts to Combat Elder Abuse June 13, 2019 This Saturday is Elder Abuse Awareness Day . It’s estimated that as many as 1 in 10 adults age 60 ...
Read the post Are Tax Practitioners Protecting Your Personal Information? June 11, 2019 Doing your taxes can be complicated. So it’s no surprise that nearly 90% of taxpayers use either a ...
