Friday, February 11, 2011

High-Dollar Overpayments Report

When the federal government makes payments to individuals and businesses as program beneficiaries, grantees, or contractors, or on behalf of program beneficiaries, it must make every effort to confirm that the right recipient is receiving the right payment for the right reason at the right time. The purpose of this order is to reduce improper payments by intensifying efforts to eliminate payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse in the major programs administered by the federal government, while continuing to ensure that federal programs serve and provide access to their intended beneficiaries.

This report supports the goal of Executive Order 13520: Reducing Improper Payments and Eliminating Waste in Federal Programs, to eliminate payment error and waste in federal programs and increase the transparency and public scrutiny of significant improper payments.