Improper payments, which put taxpayer dollars at risk, have been a long-term issue for the federal government, but they declined over the past year. However, there is more than meets the eye on this, ...

A new GAO report released last week (“Improper Payments: Fiscal Year 2022 Estimates and Opportunities for Improvement”) made brief headlines for finding that, during fiscal year 2022, federal agencies ...

We all make mistakes, but most of us don’t make mistakes with billions of dollars of someone else’s money. We can easily forgive the drive-thru worker who fails to “hold the pickles,” but it’s tougher ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The House Budget Committee last week voted to pass a bipartisan proposal from Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Blake Moore, R-Utah, ...

Republicans and Democrats took two very different approaches Tuesday to the issue of improper payments made by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. "For fiscal year 2023, GAO [the Government ...

A Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program “We Welcome SNAP Benefits” sign unveiled on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (USDA photo) The Agriculture Department is one of 16 federal departments and agencies ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WXIN/WTTV) — Indiana leaders are calling ...

In fiscal year 2024, the federal government reported an eye-popping $162 billion in improper payments. A significant portion of these missteps is tied to travel and expense (T&E) management, where ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a management alert this week, saying that the department has struggled to identify and prevent ...