At the SSA, auditors examined a random sample of 350 people who received federal disability income. They qualified for those payments by exhibiting a disability along with a low income and small ...

A House subcommittee held a hearing on April 16, 2024, that revealed some remarkable problems with federal spending. "Since fiscal year 2003, federal agencies have reported an estimated $2.7 trillion ...

Medicaid issued approximately $1.1 trillion in improper payments over the past decade, double the agency’s stated amount, the Paragon Health Institute estimates. “Cracking down on improper payments is ...

It’s tempting to want to celebrate the latest improper payment numbers—just announced as being at their lowest level in a decade— as a great success story. And indeed, the administration is ...

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 ...

A required audit of Defense Department compliance with both the 2002 and 2010 improper payments laws found shortfalls in five of six key areas, according to a new Pentagon inspector general report.

What happens when the government sends a check to the wrong person? Or sends a check to the right person but in the wrong amount? Or sends a check that never should have been issued at all? Such ...

To many Americans, government and waste go together like peanut butter and chocolate. The perception of government as hemorrhaging money from rampant mismanagement has eroded public trust in ...