Recent Posts on Improper payments

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$186 Billion Was Lost to Improper Payments Last Year. How Can We Prevent Them In the Future?

GAO Follows the Money—Everything You Should Know About Our Audits of Federal Financial Statements

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How is Social Security Death Data Helping to Prevent Federal Payment Errors?

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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