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Solutions to minimize fraud, waste, and abuse in federal departments and agencies

Fraud, waste and abuse has plagued many government agencies around the world. Fraud has been defined by many scholars in agreement to be the dishonest means of obtaining a favor or a benefit through utter deception from a public office (2004, May 4). As a result, many governments around the world have outsourced their internal fraud control measures. This has been seen as a positive and significant move. However, without the full support of the CEO, manager or the leader of the agency, then the organization may not be fully investigated. Therefore, the most important issue in this matter is to find a supportive manager or leader of the department under investigation.

A better way of dealing with fraud, waste and abuse is institute a fraud prevention policy that should be implemented in all government agencies. The policy should contain the definition of fraud, waste and abuse the position of the central government regarding fraud and the measures to be instituted against those found guilty of perpetrated fraud, waste and abuse among other things. This policy should be well distributed to all public offices and made known to the public through active promotion in the media. Through such means fraud can be curbed (Young, 1983).

References

(2004, May 4). OMB Says Agencies Are Rooting Out Waste, Fraud And Abuse. CongressDaily. p. 10.

Young, J. D. (1983). Reflections on the Root Causes of Fraud, Abuse, and Waste in Federal Social Programs. Public Administration Review, 43(4), 362.