A DOT OIG audit found $123 million in potentially improper purchase card transactions. DOT disputes the math. The dispute itself reveals how differently the agency and its watchdog interpret the rules — and who gets to decide. #DOT #FAA #PurchaseCards #GovernmentAccountability #ImproperPayments
DOT Has a $123 Million Purchase-Card Problem. DOT Disputes the Math.
DOT's inspector general projected $123 million in purchase-card transactions affected by control failures. DOT says the real number is $281,000. They both agree the controls need fixing.
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October 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A DOT OIG audit found $123 million in potentially improper purchase card transactions. DOT disputes the math. The dispute itself reveals how differently the agency and its watchdog interpret the rules — and who gets to decide. #DOT #FAA #PurchaseCards #GovernmentAccountability #ImproperPayments
CMS flagged possible errors in Medicaid managed care financial data — then didn't follow up to find out if states actually fixed them. HHS OIG says the oversight gap affects billions in federal spending. #Medicaid #CMS #GovernmentAccountability #ImproperPayments #HHS
CMS Found Possible Errors in Medicaid Financial Data. Then It Didn’t Follow Up.
CMS built checks to catch inaccurate Medicaid managed-care financial data — then never created a procedure for what to do when those checks found something. In the 2019 reporting year, 57 reports across 16 states were flagged. None were followed up.
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October 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
CMS flagged possible errors in Medicaid managed care financial data — then didn't follow up to find out if states actually fixed them. HHS OIG says the oversight gap affects billions in federal spending. #Medicaid #CMS #GovernmentAccountability #ImproperPayments #HHS
SSA has known for 22 years it was overpaying certain disability beneficiaries due to a systems error. Three audits later, it's still happening. The fix keeps getting postponed. #SocialSecurity #SSA #ImproperPayments #GovernmentAccountability #DisabilityBenefits
Twenty Two Years, Three Audits, One Excuse.
The Social Security Administration's student benefits program has failed the same audit three times since 2004 — for the same three reasons — and agreed to fix it each time. The dollar figures keep climbing.
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October 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
SSA has known for 22 years it was overpaying certain disability beneficiaries due to a systems error. Three audits later, it's still happening. The fix keeps getting postponed. #SocialSecurity #SSA #ImproperPayments #GovernmentAccountability #DisabilityBenefits
Treasury Says New Safeguards Screened $3.7 Trillion in Federal Payments Treasury reported that new verification controls screened 1.1 billion federal...
https://www.narrowit.com/news/treasury-screens-3-7-trillion-federal-payments-2026-10-07
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https://www.narrowit.com/news/treasury-screens-3-7-trillion-federal-payments-2026-10-07
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Treasury Says It Screened $3.7 Trillion in Federal Payments | Narrowit.com
Treasury reported fiscal 2026 results from expanded Do Not Pay access and new verification checks across federal disbursements.
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October 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Treasury Says New Safeguards Screened $3.7 Trillion in Federal Payments Treasury reported that new verification controls screened 1.1 billion federal...
https://www.narrowit.com/news/treasury-screens-3-7-trillion-federal-payments-2026-10-07
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https://www.narrowit.com/news/treasury-screens-3-7-trillion-federal-payments-2026-10-07
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New York's Medicaid system paid managed care capitation fees for 1,375 people who were incarcerated and legally ineligible to receive benefits. Nobody caught it for years. #Medicaid #MedicaidFraud #GovernmentAccountability #ImproperPayments #HHS
New York’s Medicaid System Paid for 1,375 People Who Weren’t There to Receive It
HHS-OIG found New York made unallowable Medicaid managed care capitation payments on behalf of all 1,375 incarcerated enrollees it reviewed — the latest in a recurring pattern of New York paying MCOs for people who were never eligible to receive the coverage.
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October 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
New York's Medicaid system paid managed care capitation fees for 1,375 people who were incarcerated and legally ineligible to receive benefits. Nobody caught it for years. #Medicaid #MedicaidFraud #GovernmentAccountability #ImproperPayments #HHS
GAO: US Overpaid Welfare, Medicare by $186 Billion: Federal agencies sent out roughly $186 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2025, according to a recent Government Accountability Office analysis that found… #USWelfare #Medicare #Medicaid #GovernmentAccountability #ImproperPayments
May 25, 2026 at 9:37 PM
GAO: US Overpaid Welfare, Medicare by $186 Billion: Federal agencies sent out roughly $186 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2025, according to a recent Government Accountability Office analysis that found… #USWelfare #Medicare #Medicaid #GovernmentAccountability #ImproperPayments
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“[Video] Social Security Administration to begin taking back 50% of overpayments
Source: CBS News”
“[Video] Social Security Administration to begin taking back 50% of overpayments
Source: CBS News”
July 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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“[Video] Social Security Administration to begin taking back 50% of overpayments
Source: CBS News”
“[Video] Social Security Administration to begin taking back 50% of overpayments
Source: CBS News”
5/9 Reality check: A 2024 Social Security Administration report found the agency lost about $70 billion total in improper payments from 2015 to 2022—approximately 1% of Social Security payments, not the hundreds of billions Musk suggests.
#ActualFigures #ImproperPayments
#ActualFigures #ImproperPayments
March 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
5/9 Reality check: A 2024 Social Security Administration report found the agency lost about $70 billion total in improper payments from 2015 to 2022—approximately 1% of Social Security payments, not the hundreds of billions Musk suggests.
#ActualFigures #ImproperPayments
#ActualFigures #ImproperPayments
GAO Reports an Estimated $162 billion in Improper Payments Across the Federal Government in Fiscal Year 2024 www.gao.gov/press-releas... #GAO #FederalGov #improperpayments
April 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
GAO Reports an Estimated $162 billion in Improper Payments Across the Federal Government in Fiscal Year 2024 www.gao.gov/press-releas... #GAO #FederalGov #improperpayments