False Claims Act settlements, suspensions and debarments, and procurement fraud enforcement.
DOJ's Civil Division and HHS launched a six-month Healthcare False Claims Act Self-Disclosure Pilot. Companies that report previously unknown misconduct by April 22, 2027 repay 1.25 to 1.6 times a base repayment and receive a coordinated civil release covering FCA liability and certain HHS administrative authorities.
Read the story →NASA OIG report IG-27-001 finds SMD runs the National Academies decadal surveys hands-off, with 700-page reports reviewed in under 10 days, untracked recommendations and $76M in mission concept studies not fully accounted for. NASA concurred with all eight recommendations.
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.
House Transportation Committee Democrats asked GAO to audit FAA's SMART and FMDS air traffic tools, built under a 12-year, $875M Air Space Intelligence contract, weeks after SMART went live over the Washington, D.C. region.
Lifeview Group agreed to pay $5,059,808 to resolve whistleblower False Claims Act allegations that it misstated its compliance with AbilityOne's direct labor hour ratio on the Defense Manpower Data Center EITS contract before its 2019 renewal. Allegations only; no liability determined.
GAO-26-108157 found CBP and ICE body-worn camera plans have not been updated since 2022 and 2024, lack results-oriented performance measures and field guidance. DHS agreed to six of seven fixes but rejected automated camera activation at ICE.
The DoW Inspector General found no material deficiencies in 17 Army Corps invoices totaling $664.6M for Hurricane Helene debris cleanup in North Carolina, made no recommendations, and flagged that it did not review contractor performance at debris sites.
DHS OIG report OIG-26-32 finds the Coast Guard's 52 domestic Fast Response Cutters averaged 72% operational availability against an 85% requirement, with 9,000+ deferred maintenance requests and a disabled fire suppression system whose $40 million fleet-wide fix has no validated solution or budget line.
Former CIA officer David J. Rush, 49, pleaded guilty in Alexandria federal court to a scheme to defraud the government of about $194 million, including more than $40 million in gold bars found in his Ashburn home. He faces up to 20 years; sentencing is set for Jan. 28.
Enterprise Technology Solutions and two principals will pay $2.25 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that the IT contractor won 150+ set-aside awards with false HUBZone and women-owned claims while operating from Pakistan. Whistleblower Kyle Harris gets $337,500.
A GAO report finds federal awards generally do not require beneficial-ownership disclosure, leaving hundreds of billions exposed to shell-company and pass-through fraud while the Section 885 contractor ownership database waits on FAR Case 2021-005.
DHS OIG report OIG-26-37 found ICE never assessed its overall detention needs before awarding 46 procurements worth about $9.7B, and that justification files, on-site monitoring and competition rules fell short. ICE concurred with all six recommendations.
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