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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 , fraud ,
Agencies must work together to reduce improper payments
The Association of Government Accountants recently released recommendations on how federal agencies can cut improper payments as a way to cut costs.
Tags: Ashley Skyrme , Booz Allen Hamilton , OMB , budget , Association of Government Accountants , IRS , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell
How agencies cut $18B in improper payments
The White House says federal agencies stopped nearly $18 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2011. Danny Werfel, controller at OMB, explained how agencies did it.
Tags: Danny Werfel , OMB , In Depth , financial management
Agencies cut improper payments by $18 billion
Most of the fiscal 2011 reductions came from the departments of Education, Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The administration also announced new steps aimed at improving how agencies use suspension and debarment to deal with unreliable contractors and grant recipients.
Tags: contracting , management , financial management , HHS , USDA , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid , Education , OMB , Jack Lew , Ruben Gomez
Improper payments reform bill to see ROI
The bill builds on a series proposals on improper payments, said Linda Springer, former OMB comptroller.
Tags: OMB , Linda Springer , Senate , financial management , contracting , In Depth
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 , fraud , financial management , DHS , Emily Kopp , Mark Pryor , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Controller at OMB, Danny Werfel, calls improper payments biggest government problem
Tags: management , technology , Danny Werfel , OMB , Treasury , GSA , Association of Government Accountants , financial management , Financial Systems Integration Office , shared service providers , CFO , Intragovernmental transactions , AGA
OMB to hold senior officials more accountable for government waste
President Obama will issue an executive order in the next week detailing steps agencies must take to reduce the amount of improper payments. OMB will set up a new online dashboard to track these expenditures, similar to the one for IT projects. Executive order also will implement stricter requirements for contractors to report overpayments.
Tags: management , Peter Orszag , Daniel Werfel , Tom Carper , Patrick Murphy , OMB , HHS , Medicare , Recovery audits , CFO , Agriculture , Defense , Education , DHS , DOT , VA
DoD plans to tame vendor business systems
The Pentagon has set up a new subcommittee to review its processes, policies and practices for how it audits and administers contractor purchasing, billing, estimating and accounting systems. This DoD-only panel will develop recommendations and an action plan in the next six months. DCAA says about 69 of the top 100 Defense contractors have at least one deficient business system.
Tags: contracting , mngt , Shay Assad , April Stephenson , Mike Conaway , Rob Andrews , Greg Kutz , DoD , DCAA , GAO , House Armed Services Committee acquisition panel , contract audits , Billing systems ,
Sen. Tom Carper on solving the issue of improper payments
The Obama administration is taking a look at improper payments in the hopes of saving money, and Sen. Carper tells Federal News Radio about new legislation that could help.
Tags: management , contracting , Sen. Tom Carper , Francis Rose , Dorothy Ramienski
