Department of Veterans Affairs
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Enforcement
DOJ's New WHIP Program Pays Fraud Tipsters $10,000-$30,000 Once Criminal Charges Are Filed
The Justice Department's Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program pays $10,000 to $30,000 for tips leading to criminal charges, covering fraud on Department of War, SBA and six other agencies' programs, with Treasury committing $25 million.
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Enforcement
Six Agencies Stonewall GAO on DOGE Data Access, and Two Dispute Its Authority
GAO could not verify whether DOGE teams protected sensitive data at CFPB, Education, NOAA, SEC, SBA and VA after the agencies withheld records. SEC and NOAA challenged GAO's authority. GAO says its access rights are clear.
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Enforcement
VA Watchdog Finds Medical-Records Case System Wrongly Rated 'Low Risk' for Over a Year
VA OIG found the PATS-R patient advocate system was miscategorized as low risk after a 2023 cloud migration, with 77% of users unaware they could access veterans' medical records. VA concurred with all five recommendations and raised the rating to moderate.
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Enforcement
$3.1M False Claims Act Deal Resolves Phantom-Employee and Size-Fraud Claims Across 49 Federal Contracts
Sanford Federal, Inc. and owner Joseph Mandour agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the firm faked employee credentials and misrepresented its size to win set-aside work spanning 49 contracts and multiple agencies, DOJ said.
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Enforcement
VA Medical Centers Buy Drugs Off the Open Market Outside the Prime Vendor Contract Without Documenting Why, OIG Finds
A June 25, 2026 VA OIG audit found medical facility staff failed to document the basis for buying pharmaceuticals on the open market instead of through the prime vendor contract, undercutting the program's leveraged pricing. OIG wants VHA to issue documentation guidance.
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Enforcement
Two Government Contractors Pay Over $3.6 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Over SDVOSB Set-Aside Fraud
Officium Global LLC and Loyal Source Government Services LLC will each pay more than $1.8 million to resolve False Claims Act and Contract Disputes Act allegations tied to seven VA SDVOSB set-aside contracts awarded between May 2017 and June 2018.
