# 2026-12218: Treasury Launches Online Fraud Reporting Form

2026-12218, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Fraud.gov Federal Program Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Tip Intake and Referral System, is a Federal Register notice from Treasury Department published 2026-06-17, effective Written comments must be received on or before August 17, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-24).

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- As of: 2026-06-24
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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12218
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Fraud.gov Federal Program Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Tip Intake and Referral System
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Treasury Department
- Citation: 91 FR 36653
- Published: 2026-06-17
- Effective: Written comments must be received on or before August 17, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-08-17
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-24

## In one line

Treasury Launches Online Fraud Reporting Form

## Summary

The Department of the Treasury is launching a new online form on Fraud.gov to make it easier for people to report waste, fraud, and abuse involving federal programs. This new system helps collect and send tips to the right agencies quickly, improving how fraud is caught and stopped. Comments on this new form are open until August 17, 2026, so everyone affected can share their thoughts!

## Abstract

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed information collection listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

## Effects PRIA read

- New Fraud.gov Tip Intake Form: benefit, low. The Department of the Treasury is launching a new online Fraud.gov tip intake form for individuals and households to report suspected waste, fraud, abuse, improper payments, and misuse of Federal funds. Tips will be triaged, de-duplicated, and referred to the appropriate Federal agency, inspector g…
- AI-Assisted Tip Processing: benefit, low. An artificial intelligence tool will process initial tip entries, populate them into standardized fields, and provide suggested routing recommendations; respondents can review and edit the populated fields before submitting, and Treasury personnel will apply review and quality-control procedures be…
- Estimated Reporting Time Burden: cost, low. Treasury estimates 80,000 respondents will use the Fraud.gov tip form, with an estimated time per response of 30 minutes, totaling 40,000 estimated annual burden hours.

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## Sources
- [2026-12218 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12218/agency-information-collection-activities-proposed-collection-comment-request-fraudgov-federal)
- [2026-12218 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12218.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12218 (as of 2026-06-24).