The Palantir Technologies logo is displayed on a shipping container at the company’s booth during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2023. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
The south front of the Department of the Treasury headquarters building is framed in the security fence on May 27, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
An upcoming Federal Register post reveals the department’s plans for fraud.gov, where the public is encouraged to share tips about possible instances of fraud in federal programs.
Two GOP-backed Treasury bills that cleared the lower chamber this week embrace unproven fraud prevention methods, are overly broad and put people’s data at risk, critics say.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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…