Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act

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The Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law aimed at reducing, identifying, and recovering improper government payments to improve the integrity and efficiency of federal spending.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
aimsTo enhance transparency of improper payment reporting ⓘ
reduce waste in federal programs ⓘ
strengthen oversight of federal expenditures ⓘ
appliesTo federal agencies of the United States ⓘ
federal benefit programs ⓘ
federal contract and grant payments ⓘ
federal loan and loan guarantee programs ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
enforcedBy Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
field federal financial management ⓘ
government accountability ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
goal to achieve more accurate federal payment processes ⓘ
to protect taxpayer funds from erroneous disbursements ⓘ
hasEffect expanded use of recovery audits in federal programs ⓘ
heightened management attention to payment accuracy ⓘ
increased reporting requirements on improper payments ⓘ
hasTopic federal program integrity ⓘ
improper payments ⓘ
internal controls over payments ⓘ
payment recovery audits ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalForm statute ⓘ
monitoredBy Government Accountability Office ⓘ
Inspectors General of federal agencies ⓘ
purpose to identify improper payments in federal programs ⓘ
to improve the efficiency of federal spending ⓘ
to improve the integrity of federal spending ⓘ
to recover improper payments in federal programs ⓘ
to reduce improper payments in federal programs ⓘ
regulates identification of improper payments in federal programs ⓘ
measurement of improper payments in federal programs ⓘ
recovery audits for improper payments ⓘ
reporting of improper payments in federal programs ⓘ
relatedTo Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act

Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Improper Payments Information Act of 2002
requires federal agencies to conduct recovery audits where cost‑effective ⓘ
federal agencies to estimate the amount of improper payments in high‑risk programs ⓘ
federal agencies to implement corrective action plans to reduce improper payments ⓘ
federal agencies to periodically review programs for susceptibility to improper payments ⓘ
federal agencies to report improper payment estimates to oversight bodies ⓘ
sector public sector financial management ⓘ

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Do Not Pay system → regulatoryContext → Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act ⓘ
Do Not Pay system → regulatoryContext → Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act → relatedTo → Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Improper Payments Information Act of 2002
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act → relatedTo → Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act