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GAO-23-106761 1 (2023-09-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaopfn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Why This Matters Detecting and preventing improper payments-those that should not have been made or were made in an incorrect amount, including overpayments and underpayments-is critical to safeguarding federal funds.' Since fiscal year 2003, reported cumulative executive agency improper payment estimates have totaled about $2.4 trillion, including $247 billion for fiscal year 2022. The Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to annually designate a list of high-priority programs for greater levels of review and oversight.2 OMB requires the agencies administering these programs to provide certain information, such as actions for reducing improper payments, in a scorecard format each quarter.' According to our survey of chief financial officers (CFO) from the 24 agencies covered by the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act), CFOs play a role, to different extents, in managing their agencies' efforts to reduce improper payments and overseeing compliance with PIIA reporting requirements.4 The CFO Act provided certain agency CFOs with leadership responsibilities for overseeing all financial management activities within their respective agencies.5 We have made prior recommendations to agencies to help detect and prevent improper payments, and recommended that Congress consider clarifying certain CFO responsibilities. House Report 117-389, which accompanied the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023, includes a provision for GAO to provide quarterly reports on improper payments. This is our third quarterly report, and it examines recent updates to the high-priority scorecard, CFOs' role in managing improper payments, and opportunities for improvement.6 Key Takeaways For programs OMB designated as high priority, scorecards contain key information that is important for both OMB and inspectors general (IG) in overseeing efforts to address improper payments. While OMB has solicited feedback from IGs on an ad-hoc basis, additional collaboration is imperative as OMB considers revising the scorecard. CFOs at CFO Act agencies view their role to include some level of responsibility for tasks related to managing improper payments. While federal agencies, OMB, and Congress have made efforts in recent years to improve payment integrity, additional opportunities remain to reduce improper payments. We recommend that OMB review reports on compliance with applicable PIIA criteria from IGs of agencies with high-priority programs, and document and communicate to IGs any considerations of their reported issues that may warrant revisions to the scorecard's format and content. Page 1 GAO-23-106761 Improper Payments

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