"What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"

Submitted by on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 11:56

Risk experts Doug Webster and Tom Stanton think not. Writing in a new report for the IBM Center for The Business of Government, they observe: “The front pages of national newspapers constantly report on actions by private companies, federal leaders, or agencies that do not appear to have considered the risks associated with various decisions and actions.

Dr. Shantanu Agrawal on Combating Fraud, Waste & Abuse in Healthcare

Submitted by on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 11:50

The U.S. was projected to spend $3.1 trillion dollars on healthcare generating billions of claims from healthcare service and product providers every year. Medicare alone accounts for something on the order of $635 billion in annual spending.

FITARA Guidance Moves Forward

Submitted by on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 11:47

OMB conducted a broad set of internal and external outreach meetings to draft the guidance, and is now taking comments on that draft. OMB strongly encourages substantive comments to be sent today to allow for careful consideration of early feedback. This process could be a model for OMB guidance in other areas. Congress passed the FITARA statute in December 2014, as Sections 831-837 of the National Defense Authorization Act.

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