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Justice reports record false claims recoveries
The Justice Department reported Monday that it has recovered nearly $9 billion in fraud against the government since the beginning of the Obama administration, a record three-year total.
Tags: DoJ , False Claims Act , contracting , industry , improper payments
Treasury, HHS, Justice find more areas to cut waste
Cutting back on excess dollar-coins, tackling Medicare prescription drug abuse and prosecuting procurement fraud are just some of the ways the White House says agencies cut back on government waste in 2011.
Tags: management , OMB , HHS , DoJ , Treasury , Campaign to Cut Waste , Joseph Biden , waste , abuse , Medicare , Medicaid , Kathleen Sebelius , Neal Wolin , James Cole , U.S. Mint , Jared Serbu
Signs of fraud in the workplace
Ken Bricker, a partner at Dixon, Hughes and Goodman, discusses some checks managers can put to prevent embezzlement.
Tags: Ken Bricker , Dixon, Hughes and Goodman , management , Federal Drive , Michael Hase , USAID
New online toolkit aims to help agencies combat fraud
Helena Sims, the director of Intergovernmental Relations at the Association of Government Accountants, told In Depth with Francis Rose that agencies can face a variety of fraud and it's often difficult to detect all the "red flags." A new online toolkit created by the AGA aims to help agencies tackle fraud.
Tags: management , best practices , AGA , Helena Sims , In Depth , Francis Rose
House bill targets fraud and abuse in Medicare
Reps. John Carney (D-Del.) and Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) introduced a bill today that aims to fight waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid payments.
Tags: John Carney , Peter Roskam , Medicare , Medicaid , Tom Coburn , Tom Carper , Congress , House , Senate , budget
FEMA's attempts to recoup improper payments set off new problems
FEMA has recovered just $3 million of $643 million in potentially improper disaster relief aid since Hurricane Katrina. But its attempts to recoup the money are setting off one senator and threatening to erupt into a public relations snafu.
Tags: Hurricane Katrina , inspector general , FEMA , Richard Serino , Matt Jadacki , Maurice McTigue , George Mason University , disaster response , improper payments , financial management , DHS , Emily Kopp , Mark Pryor , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Department of Homeland Security
Richard Skinner
Inspector General
June 18, 2009
Tags: Richard Skinner , management , homeland security , Agency of the Month , IT , oversight , waste , abuse
Be a watchdog
Uncle Sam needs your eyes and ears.
Tags: stimulus , GAO , fraudnet
Contracting report asks "At What Cost?"
Tags: mngt , contracting , waste , abuse , wartime contracting , Robert Dickson , Wartime Contracting Commission
House passes Defense acquisition reform bill
H.R. 5013 is aimed at waste, fraud and abuse.
Tags: contracting , management , DoD , acquisition , waste , abuse , Capitol Hill
