OMB Rejects Watchdog Criticisms of Anti-Fraud Guidance for Agencies

Government Executive: The governmentwide effort to minimize program fraud could use sharper guidance from the Office of Management and Budget, a congressional watchdog concluded in a report that did not please the Trump White House.

The Government Accountability Office, after interviews and a survey of 72 agencies on compliance with the 2015 Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act, said in a report released on Tuesday that agencies “had mixed perspectives on the usefulness of OMB’s guidelines for implementing” the law’s mandatory controls.

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