Modernization of Anti-Fraud Efforts Gaining Steam

Deltek’s Manager of State and Local Industry Analysis Chris Dixon reports.

Back in 2009, INPUT forecast that reducing $67 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse (or “improper payments” in the federal parlance) by state-administered federal programs would be a major initiative between 2009 and 2014. Recent proclamations by the Obama administration have bolstered our prediction that such efforts would gradually gain steam throughout the period.

Today, I see (by way of the GovManagement Daily) a new executive order that builds upon the fraud-reducing tools of the federal stimulus program and other transparency efforts.

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