Seto Bagdoyan

Government Accountability Office, federal budget oversight

This line of federal improper spending is among the most galling

Federal improper payments roll on and on, year after year. Among the most frustrating are fraudulent unemployment benefits, federal dollars that get spent…

Agency Oversight

A staff shortage doesn’t mean you can hire just anyone

Agency Oversight

VA watchdogs raise alarms about steps missed screening hires with drug felonies

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, the entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. Unemployment fraud in the U.S. has reached dramatic levels during the pandemic: more than $63 billion has been paid out improperly through fraud or errors since March 2020. Criminals are seizing on the opportunity created by the pandemic and are making false claims using stolen information. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Fraud tallies from pandemic spending just keep piling up

Agency Oversight

Does OPM know that spouse on your federal health insurance plan is really your dog?

Agency Oversight

Seto Bagdoyan: Regulating online firearms sales

Federal Drive

NIST leadership tackling physical security weaknesses through culture change, employee training

Facilities/Construction

FCC details plans to cut fraud and abuse in Lifeline program

Congress

Seto Bagdoyan: FCC broadband program at risk for fraud

Federal Drive

Seto Bagdoyan: Keeping fraudulent providers out of Medicare, Medicaid

Federal Drive

Seto Bagdoyan: CMS and fraudulent medical providers

Federal Drive

Seto Bagdoyan: Soft security measures in Health Insurance Marketplace

The Government Accountability Office recently conducted 18 undercover tests of the federal Health Insurance Marketplace; 12 of those focused on phone or…

Federal Drive

Seto Bagdoyan, Forensic Audits and Investigative Service, GAO

The Office of Personnel Management’s Innovation Lab needs to prove it’s worth keeping around, according to the Government Accountability Office. GAO says…