Fifth U.S. Open Government National Action Plan
Commitment Tracker
Improving Payment Integrity
Progress for this commitment is tracked based on the following sub-commitment(s). You can also view the full text of this commitment.
| US0134.1 | The Administration will continue to take steps to cost-effectively reduce fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of Federal funds without negatively affecting the program mission, agency efforts to advance equity, efficiency, customer experience, or the overall operations of the agency. |
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| Agency & Subagency | Executive Office of the President OMB / Office of Federal Financial Management |
Sub-Commitment Status | In Progress |
| February 2024 Progress | Progress Update: In FY 24 OMB is continuing the Fraud & Payment Integrity Symposium series and to date has held five virtual sessions and one all day in-person Symposium. In February 2024, the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program released the three-year plan outlining how the four principal agencies will be working together to combat fraud and improper payments. Evidence: CFO Council Symposium series : https://www.cfo.gov/payment-integrity-fraud-symposium Joint Financial Management Improvement 3-Year Payment Integrity Plan: https://www.cfo.gov/jfmip/3-year-payment-integrity-plan |
| August 2023 Progress | In FY23 OMB launched the Fraud & Payment Integrity Symposium series, creating a forum for two-way dialogue across the Federal government to discuss and share resources available to Federal program staff to prevent, detect, and reduce fraud and improper payments. Since February OMB has hosted three symposiums with a fourth planned for September. In addition to the symposium series, OMB has been working with their fellow Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) Principals to develop a three-year plan focused on working with agencies to combat fraud and improper payments. In March the White House released President Biden’s Sweeping Pandemic Anti-Fraud Proposal: Going After Systemic Fraud, Taking on Identity Theft, Helping Victims (link below) outlining the Administration’s three-part Pandemic Anti-Fraud proposal highlighting the need for a “a bipartisan response to punish those who engaged in major and systemic fraud against the American people during a time of national emergency, to put in place stronger fraud and identity theft prevention going forward, and to hold harmless those Americans who were innocent victims of identity theft. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/02/fact-sheet-president-bidens-sweeping-pandemic-anti-fraud-proposal-going-after-systemic-fraud-taking-on-identity-theft-helping-victims/ |
| US0134.2 | As part of these actions, agencies will have access to new toolkits, training materials, and additional support for the Federal workforce. |
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| Agency & Subagency | Executive Office of the President OMB / Office of Federal Financial Management |
Sub-Commitment Status | In Progress |
| February 2024 Progress | Progress Update: In FY 24 OMB is continuing the Fraud & Payment Integrity Symposium series and to date has held five virtual sessions and one all day in-person Symposium. In February 2024, the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program released the three-year plan outlining how the four principal agencies will be working together to combat fraud and improper payments. Evidence: CFO Council Symposium series : https://www.cfo.gov/payment-integrity-fraud-symposium Joint Financial Management Improvement 3-Year Payment Integrity Plan: https://www.cfo.gov/jfmip/3-year-payment-integrity-plan |
| August 2023 Progress | In FY23 OMB launched the Fraud & Payment Integrity Symposium series, creating a forum for two-way dialogue across the Federal government to discuss and share resources available to Federal program staff to prevent, detect, and reduce fraud and improper payments. Since February OMB has hosted three symposiums with a fourth planned for September. In addition to the symposium series, OMB has been working with their fellow Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) Principals to develop a three-year plan focused on working with agencies to combat fraud and improper payments. In March the White House released President Biden’s Sweeping Pandemic Anti-Fraud Proposal: Going After Systemic Fraud, Taking on Identity Theft, Helping Victims (link below) outlining the Administration’s three-part Pandemic Anti-Fraud proposal highlighting the need for a “a bipartisan response to punish those who engaged in major and systemic fraud against the American people during a time of national emergency, to put in place stronger fraud and identity theft prevention going forward, and to hold harmless those Americans who were innocent victims of identity theft. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/02/fact-sheet-president-bidens-sweeping-pandemic-anti-fraud-proposal-going-after-systemic-fraud-taking-on-identity-theft-helping-victims/ |
| US0134.3 | In addition, the White House will continue to engage with the head of each agency that has a High Priority Program as defined by PIIA to report on actions taken to prevent improper payments. |
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| Agency & Subagency | Executive Office of the President OMB / Office of Federal Financial Management |
Sub-Commitment Status | In Progress |
| February 2024 Progress | Progress Update: The Annual Improper Payments data call results yielded 28 High Priority Programs for FY24, eight of which were newly designated as High Priority compared to FY23. OMB analysis of these programs’ data is underway. OMB will meet with High Priority Program agencies and conduct additional focused meetings with selected programs . Throughout the FY24 quarterly scorecard reporting process, OMB will continue to provide support to agencies. Evidence: The list of FY24 High Priority Programs and the FY23 scorecards can be found here: https://www.paymentaccuracy.gov/payment-accuracy-high-priority-programs/ |
| August 2023 Progress | In FY23 OMB made updates to the quarterly High Priority Program scorecards asking agencies to provide the details of the actions the agency took to prevent overpayments during the current reporting period, and those planned for the following quarter. This update replaced the “Key Milestones” questions from prior year’s scorecards. Allowing the agencies to report on specific time periods (i.e. a quarter) in more detail than they were previously able. In addition to the updated scorecards, in June OMB held a meeting with the 11 agencies that oversee the 29 High Priority Programs and continues to engage with the agencies on their efforts to reduce improper payments. Current and past quarterly High Priority Program scorecards can be found on PaymentAccuracy.gov. |
| US0134.4 | The Biden-Harris Administration commits to ongoing efforts to improve annual reporting [to prevent and reduce improper payments]. |
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| Agency & Subagency | Executive Office of the President OMB / Office of Federal Financial Management |
Sub-Commitment Status | In Progress |
| February 2024 Progress | Progress Update: OMB developed a new automatic feature that alerts agencies of potential errors in their draft data submissions providing agencies with an additional opportunity to make corrections and improve the overall quality and accuracy of the information published on payment accuracy.gov. In addition, OMB updated the display of agency payment integrity data on paymentaccuracy.gov by streamlining and unifying the display of payment integrity data across all agencies and programs. This revised display was published in November 2023 to enhance the readability of the agency dashboard and improve the overall user experience. OMB continues to explore additional opportunities to make improvements to payment integrity reporting. Evidence: |
| August 2023 Progress | OMB has made extensive updates to its Annual Improper Payments data call, significantly reducing the burden on the agencies completing the survey, and allowing agencies the opportunity to provide more detailed information on how they are addressing their improper payments. In June OMB published an Illustrative Response Guide providing best practices for completing the free text portions of the Annual Improper Payments data call to assure agency responses are complete, accurate, and easy to understand. OMB is also updating how the results of the annual survey is displayed on https://www.paymentaccuracy.gov/ to enhance the readability and user experience. The annual improper payment results will be posted on https://www.paymentaccuracy.gov/ in the fall. |