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Federal Government Made an Estimated $162 billion in Improper Payments Last Fiscal Year

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Federal Government Made $236 billion “Improper Payments” Last Fiscal Year

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More Fraud Has Been Found in Federal COVID Funding—How Much Was Lost Under Unemployment Insurance Programs

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Protecting Emergency Assistance Funding from Payment Errors, Including Fraud

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Federal Payment Errors, Known As Improper Payments, Are A Continuing Concern

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Improper Payments on the Rise

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Our Innovation Lab: Building a Sandbox for Audit Tech

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Did You Know the Government Gets Audited, Too?

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GAO’s 2019 High-Risk List Update

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Data Challenges Contribute to Billions in Medicaid Improper Payments (podcast)

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When the Federal Government Makes Improper Payments (podcast)

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Big Data 101: Using Large-Scale Data Mining to Find Fraud