§3358 Interagency working group for Governmentwide payment integrity improvement

Summary

Create a working group of federal agencies within 90 days after the law is passed. The group's job is to make payment systems more accurate. It must improve how State-run federal programs check who is eligible and share data, update the guidelines in section 3357(b) and other best practices for finding, stopping, and responding to improper payments and fraud, and share and develop data-analysis tools to spot possible improper payments. The group must also find other ways to make payments more secure. The group must include the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, one representative from each agency listed in section 901(b)(1) and (2), and any other agency representatives the OMB Director picks (for example, a CIO, CPO, CRO, or COO). It can consult Inspectors General and outside experts. It must meet at least 4 times a year. Within 240 days after enactment it must send Congress a report with a plan of real steps to prevent and reduce improper payments and a plan for States and Federal agencies to check for duplicate enrollments across States, showing how the Do Not Pay Business Center and the Treasury Department’s data analytics effort could help.