by Eric J. Ellman | May 5, 2026
In April 2026, the U.S. House Government Operations Subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing, Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Run by the States. There were four witnesses: Dr. O.J. Oleka, Chief...
by Eric J. Ellman | May 5, 2026
In April 2026, the GAO published a report, Payment Integrity: Agencies’ Estimated Improper Payments Increased to $186 Billion in Fiscal Year 2025. The report is GAO-26-108694. In the report, the GAO noted that In FY 2025, 15 federal agencies reported a total estimate...
by Eric J. Ellman | Oct 22, 2025
In September 2025, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act (EIPDPA), sponsored by Sens. John Kennedy (R-LA), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), initially introduced in and passed by the Senate in 2020. The EIPDPA...
by Eric J. Ellman | Mar 15, 2020
In March 2020, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce kicked off a Data for Good Initiative. To highlight the unexpected ways that data enriches our daily lives, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with PERC, published Data for Good: Promoting Safety, Health, and...
