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Procurement Fraud & the IG Community: An Historical Perspective

Procurement Fraud & the IG Community: An Historical Perspective. Overview. IG Act will be 36 years old Have OIG’s adequately addressed the culture of fraud in federal procurement? Is procurement fraud today better or worse than it was 36 years ago?.

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Procurement Fraud & the IG Community: An Historical Perspective

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  1. Procurement Fraud & the IG Community: An Historical Perspective

  2. Overview • IG Act will be 36 years old • Have OIG’s adequately addressed the culture of fraud in federal procurement? • Is procurement fraud today better or worse than it was 36 years ago?

  3. Procurement Fraud is Constant & Old as Recorded Western History • Greco-Persian War – 480 BC • Roman Empire -50 AD • Procurement fraud in the Revolution -1776 • Procurement fraud & the New Republic -1792 • War of 1812 • Fraud on the frontier • First cabinet officer indicted for contract fraud -1860 • Quiz: Name the highest federal official ever convicted for a crime in office?

  4. Fraud & the Civil War • Shoddy, mules & donkeys • First federal False Claims Act – 1862 • Gen. James Wilson and the rise of federal caveat emptor • Fraud & maritime disasters – SS Sultanna • Quiz- how did contract fraud sink the Titanic?

  5. Fraud in Other Wars • Spanish American War • World War I • World War II • Truman Commission • Viet Nam

  6. Start of Federal OIGs • Original proposal – 1977 • GSA scandal & passage of IG Act • DoD OIG • “There is no such thing as procurement fraud in the Department of Defense!”

  7. High Water Mark in the 1980s • Suspension & debarment • Rise in prosecutions • Civil False Claims Act amendments

  8. Procurement Fraud in the War on Terrorism • Procurement fraud & 9/11 • How did box cutters get on airliners? • Who cleaned up the Pentagon & WTC? • Procurement fraud in Iraq & Afghanistan • Massive rise in contracting, but little growth in contract audit and contract administration resources

  9. Lessons Learned? • Procurement fraud has always been present, and always will be present • Contracts should always be awarded and administered in a way that understands the ubiquitous presence of fraud • Fraud is constant – it is the government’s response that waxes and wanes

  10. Encouraging Trends • Agencies across government are improving their remedies for fraud • May 2014 GAO Report on suspension and debarment • IG’s are assuming greater role in ensuring that suspension and debarment actions are being taken

  11. Quo Vadis? • Has the statutory mandate of IG investigators and auditors working together been met? • Is reporting fraud “whistleblowing” or a responsibility of management and contract administration?

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