OPM Shares Data with Treasury: Fighting Fraud One Record at a Time
Published Date: 4/27/2026
Notice
Summary
The Office of Personnel Management is updating its records system to help stop fraud and improper payments by sharing info with the Treasury Department. This change affects anyone whose data is in OPM’s systems and kicks in on May 28, 2026. If you want to speak up, you’ve got until May 27, 2026, to send your comments—no extra costs involved!
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 4 mixed.
Child care assistance records shared
OPM will permit disclosure of OPM Child Care Tuition Assistance records to the Treasury Do Not Pay Working System to support identification, prevention, or recoupment of improper payments, effective May 28, 2026.
OPM shares records with Treasury
Starting May 28, 2026, OPM will add a routine use that lets it disclose records to the U.S. Department of the Treasury (including the Do Not Pay Working System) to identify, prevent, or recoup fraud and improper payments involving applicants for or recipients of Federal funds.
Federal employee benefits records shared
OPM will permit disclosure of records such as Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB), FEDVIP, FLTCIP, and FSAFEDS to the Treasury Do Not Pay Working System to support eligibility review and improper payment prevention or recoupment, effective May 28, 2026.
Pay, leave, and travel records reviewed
OPM will allow disclosure of Pay, Leave, and Travel records to Treasury's Do Not Pay Working System to verify payment and award eligibility and to identify or recoup improper payments, effective May 28, 2026.
Scholarship recipients' records reviewed
OPM will permit disclosure of records for programs such as the CyberCorps: Scholarship For Service (SFS) to the Treasury Do Not Pay Working System to verify eligibility and help prevent or recoup improper payments, effective May 28, 2026.
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