Press Release
The Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 defines an improper payment as any payment that should not have been made or was made in an incorrect amount. Improper payments are a pervasive and growing problem in regular programs across the federal government. For fiscal year 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reported that federal agencies had estimated about $281 billion in improper payments, which was an increase of about $75 billion from the prior fiscal year and approximately double the amount reported in fiscal year 2017.
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking about real money.
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