Waste, Fraud & Abuse

President Biden Issues a Sweeping Anti-COVID Fraud Proposal

One piece would be to give law enforcement and oversight agencies more time and resources to go after fraudsters. 

  • Courtney Bublé

How do You Oversee Money That's Hard to Track?

The Project on Government Oversight's Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette joins the podcast to discuss how to minimize fraud in government spending.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Fixing The Fraud Problem is Going to be a Heavy Lift

Natalie Alms joins the podcast to discuss two new GAO reports.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

GAO Pegs Unemployment Insurance Fraud Tally at More Than $60 billion

At the same time, the congressional watchdog cautioned that governmentwide fraud estimates are potentially dicey.

  • Natalie Alms

GovExec Daily: Is the Pandemic Over? This Year in COVID-19

Courtney Bublé joins the podcast to discuss how coronavirus shaped 2022.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Republicans Say They'll Go Back to the Basics With Oversight Priorities

The new chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee says it will return "to its primary duty to root out waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in the federal government."

  • Courtney Bublé

The Latest Improper Payment Numbers Are Here, But What Do They Mean?

The Office of Management and Budget published its annual governmentwide report on improper payments, but a fraud expert says they aren’t entirely reliable.

  • Courtney Bublé

What Would a GOP Takeover of the House Mean for the Oversight Committee? 

The chair-in-waiting for the once “sleepy” committee would like to investigate COVID-19’s origins, the Biden administration’s border policies and the president’s family members. 

  • Courtney Bublé

GovExec Daily: Did SBA Bungle the Review of PPP Loans?

The Project on Government Oversight's Nick Schwellenbach joins the podcast to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Gucci Bags, Crypto and Vegas Vacations: COVID Relief Scams Land Public Employees in Legal Trouble

Former Rhea County Executive is headed to federal prison; DOJ rounds up five Memphis IRS employees

  • Jamie Satterfield, Tennessee Lookout

The Best Way to Protect Infrastructure Spending from Waste and Fraud Is to Set Up an Oversight Body—Right Now

The new entity would need sufficient authority and resources to tackle the job.

  • Elise Bean

Biden Has Signed Bipartisan Legislation to Better Combat Fraud in COVID Relief Programs Into Law

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee championed the legislation.

  • Courtney Bublé

COVID Oversight Officials Request More Time and Money to Ferret Out Fraud

Democrats allege more mismanagement of pandemic funds by the Trump administration.

  • Courtney Bublé
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GovExec Daily: The Lawyer, the Whistleblowers and $550M in Social Security Fraud

Damian Paletta, Brian Lazarte and James Lee Hernandez from "The Big Conn" join the podcast to discuss the story of the slow pace of government investigations, the people affected and the man at the center of a huge fraud case at SSA.

  • Ross Gianfortune and Adam Butler

Unemployment Insurance Has Been Added to GAO's 'High Risk' List

The government watchdog says more than $78 billion in improper unemployment insurance payments were made in fiscal year 2021, and cited fraud, poor customer service, inequitable access, legacy tech and staffing shortages as key drivers of failure.

  • Natalie Alms

The COVID Commission Has Never Been Fully Staffed, But That Hasn’t Stopped it From Issuing Reports

The oversight body has no Democratic members and no chairperson.

  • Courtney Bublé

Two Years of COVID-19 Oversight: A Look Back

The CARES Act of 2020 created three pandemic-related oversight entities, and our series will examine their successes and failures as well as their challenges and goals moving forward.

  • Courtney Bublé

The Inspectors General COVID Committee Has an ‘Enormous Responsibility'

“We've really changed the way we as federal IGs do business,” says Michael Horowitz, Justice Department inspector general and chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.

  • Courtney Bublé

There's No Final Number Yet for Pandemic Fraud, Oversight Leaders Tell Congress

Total fraud levels in pandemic relief programs are upwards of $100 billion, but getting a clear estimate is made difficult by data gaps and ongoing fraud recovery efforts, officials said at a Senate hearing.

  • Natalie Alms

Rooting out Fraud in Government Programs

Machine-learning helps spot fraud, waste and abuse because it can not only automatically check massive amounts of data for signs of sketchy activity but also improve over time.

  • David Balaban

White House Watchdog, Codified Ethics Pledge, Among Suggestions for Improving Government Accountability 

A new report makes recommendations on ethics, open government, pandemic response and more.

  • Courtney Bublé