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Jeneen Iwugo, right, acting director of CMS’s Center for Program Integrity, and Sarah Harvey, left, director of the GAO’s Science & Technology Assessment division, participate in a panel discussion at a UiPath Public Sector event in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2026. (Scoop News Group photo)

With AI assist, CMS has ‘longer leash’ to fight fraud now, official says

The acting director of CMS’s Center for Program Integrity said the agency has shifted away from what was previously a “very conservative” approach in pursuing fraud.
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order on fraud in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2026, as Vice President JD Vance looks on. (Photo by ANNABELLE GORDON / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump anti-fraud order eyes stronger data-sharing on federal programs

The president’s executive order creates a task force to combat fraud and promote more data-sharing between federal agencies and state, local, tribal and territorial governments.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks at a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill on Feb. 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bipartisan House duo wants Treasury-led push to fight identity theft, fraud

A bill from Reps. Pete Sessions and Bill Foster would task the Treasury secretary with doling out fraud prevention grants to states to develop digital IDs that…
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., arrives for a hearing about fraud in Minnesota at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Government needs more agency buy-in to fight fraud with tech, officials say

Data experts with Treasury, the GAO and the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee say AI and data analytics can be used more effectively to detect fraud in federal…
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