The federal government reported an estimated $236 billion in “improper payments” during the most recently completed fiscal year (FY 2023). Such payments are essentially payment errors that can be the result of many things—including overpayments, inaccurate recordkeeping, or even fraud.
Payment errors are a long-standing issue for the federal government. Over the last 20 fiscal years, it has made an estimated $2.7 trillion in such improper payments.
What’s causing these errors and what can be done to prevent them? Today’s WatchBlog post looks at our new report, issued today.
What were the payment errors in FY 2023?
The $236 billion in improper payments were reported by 14 agencies across 71 programs.
More than $175 billion (74%) of errors were overpayments—for example, payments to deceased individuals or those no longer eligible for government programs $11.5 billion were underpayments $44.6 billion were unknown payments—meaning it is unclear whether a payment was an error or not $4.6 billion were cases where a recipient was entitled to a payment, but the payment failed to follow proper statutes or regulations
https://www.gao.gov/blog/federal-government-made-236-billion-improper-payments-last-fiscal-year
Posted on March 26, 2024
The federal government reported an estimated $236 billion in “improper payments” during the most recently completed fiscal year (FY 2023). Such payments are essentially payment errors that can be the result of many things—including overpayments, inaccurate recordkeeping, or even fraud.
Payment errors are a long-standing issue for the federal government. Over the last 20 fiscal years, it has made an estimated $2.7 trillion in such improper payments.
What’s causing these errors and what can be done to prevent them? Today’s WatchBlog post looks at our new report, issued today.
What were the payment errors in FY 2023?The $236 billion in improper payments were reported by 14 agencies across 71 programs.
More than $175 billion (74%) of errors were overpayments—for example, payments to deceased individuals or those no longer eligible for government programs $11.5 billion were underpayments $44.6 billion were unknown payments—meaning it is unclear whether a payment was an error or not $4.6 billion were cases where a recipient was entitled to a payment, but the payment failed to follow proper statutes or regulations天真的不得了，就是红卫兵。
呵呵
现在不就是美国文革吗？一龙领一队红卫兵进驻财政部和人事部。
拜总年纪大了眼神不好，不适合用手机发几十个推夸自个儿的政绩 ...
怨得了谁？
一龙要砍掉政府浪费是动真的， 你们左派也会？呵呵。
他们不懂政府，怎么可能两周找到236billion。
现在讨论一龙的六个系统操作员就违法，谁还敢抱怨一龙的行为？难道政府工作人员不受监督了？