We will begin at 1:05

September 27, 2022
Payment Integrity Best Practices Forum:

Addressing Improper Payment Challenges in the 

Inspector General Community

September 27, 2022
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Future of Payment Integrity Services and Solutions

Do Not Pay® Business Center assist agencies 

by providing access to data sources (e.g., 

death, debt, and debarment) and data analytics 

solutions to identify, reduce, and prevent 

improper payments.

Payment Integrity Center of Excellence

(PICOE) provides actionable business insights 

and solutions that transform how agencies 

approach identification, prevention, and 

recovery of improper payments.

Office of Payment Integrity

Purpose:

To provide services that 

address payment integrity 

challenges and to help 

advance the tools, 

solutions, and data 

available for identifying 

and stopping improper 

payments.
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Time Activity Facilitator

1:05 – 1:10 Welcome and Introductions 

Marshall Henry

Director,

Do Not Pay Business Center

1:10 – 1:25 Overview of Data Sources Angélique Bridges

Lead, IG Engagements

1:25 – 1:45 Web API Steve Burbank

1:45 – 2:05 Analytics Services

Brian Hewitt

Data Analytics Advisor

2:05 – 2:30 Best Practices Samuel Bronson, Data Analytics

Office of Inspector General, SBA

2:30 – 2:40 Investigative Support, PICOE

Amy Sipps, Lead Business Analytics Specialist

Mary Pat Zimmer, Business Analytics Specialist

2:40 – 2:55 Open Forum / Questions Attendees

2:55 – 3:00 Adjournment Angélique Bridges

Agenda
Angélique M. Bridges

Outreach & Business Processes

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Authorities

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

AUTHORITY

Department of the Treasury

(Fiscal Service)

HOST –

THE WORKING SYSTEM

The Working System and DNP together 

create one element of the larger multi-agency 

government-wide DNP Initiative and centrally

provides a variety of data matching and data

analytics services to support agency programs

in their efforts to detect and prevent

improper payments

Do Not Pay Business Center Background

 OMB issues guidance for the DNP program 

but retains program authority

 OMB must designate additional databases for 

use in DNP 

BUSINESS CENTER

DNP is authorized and governed by the 

Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA) 

and several OMB memoranda and circulars

Do Not Pay
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Federal 

Agencies

Federally Funded 

State 

Administered 

Programs

Web 

Based 

Portal 

Services

Federal Eligibility Data

Data 

Analytics

Agency 

Support 

Center

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Citizens 

and 

Businesses

The Do Not Pay Busines Center is a resource that offers centralized access to relevant data sources for verifying

payment or award eligibility. DNP offers customized data analysis to help agencies detect fraud, waste, and abuse and 

strengthen internal controls. DNP provides agencies Improper payment consultation and ongoing support.

Note: DNP is authorized and governed by the Payment 

Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA). OMB has 

delegated operational aspects of DNP to Treasury

What is the DNP Business Center? 
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Web-based Portal Services

Online Search

User can search an individual or entity and view matching records 

Batch Matching

One-time bulk submission for screening grants or loan payments against specified data sources

Continuous Monitoring

Continuous screening for eligibility verification against specified data sources using a grantee or loan recipient listing

Web Service/API

A Web Service or Application Programming Interface (API) creates a connection with agency payment systems and the DNP 

Portal. This integrates the functionalities of the Portal within agency internal systems.

– Single Query API call contains the search criteria of one entity to be matched against your agency's approved data source(s). The DNP 

response will include data source match result(s) for that single entity.

– Multiple Query API call contains the search criteria of up to 100 entities to be matched against your agency's approved data source(s). 

The DNP response will include data source match result(s) for the searched entities.

Pre-Award/Pre-Payment
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The DNP Initiative

American InfoSource Death Data (AIS) - Obituary/Probate - Commercial

• Contains information on deceased individuals obtained from more than 3,000 funeral homes and thousands of newspapers, 

as well as county-level probate records

Death Master File (DMF) - Public (SSA)**

• Contains records of deceased individuals as reported by family members, funeral homes, hospitals, federal agencies, postal 

authorities, and financial institutions; public version does not include state-reported deaths

Department of Defense (DOD) Death Records - Public

• Contains records of individuals in active or reserve military duty, including whether an individual is deceased

Department of State Death (DOS) Records - Public

• Contains records of American Citizens who are deceased or presumed deceased in foreign countries, as reported by U.S. 

embassies or consulates upon its receipt of a foreign death certificate or finding of death by a local competent authority

Electronic Verification of Vital Events Fact of Death (EVVE FOD) – Commercial (NAPHSIS)

• Contains information about death certificates in the vital records databases of 44 participating states and jurisdictions

Credit Alert System (CAIVRS) - Restricted (DOJ, HUD, SBA, & USDA)**

• Contains records of individuals with federal debt in delinquent or default; verify whether an individual is a delinquent federal

borrower 

Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Debt Check - Restricted (Treasury)**

• Contains records of individuals whose debt has been referred to Debt Management Services for collection; verify whether a 

payee owes delinquent non-tax debts to federal government (and participating states)

DNP Data Sources DEATH SOURCES DEBT SOURCES
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Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (ARL) – Public (IRS)

• Contains entities that have their tax-exempt status automatically revoked under the law because they have not filed form 990-series 

returns or notices annually for three consecutive years

List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) - Public & Restricted (HHS OIG)**

• Verify whether payments are to individuals and entities currently excluded from participating in federal health care programs

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - Public (Treasury)**

• Contains records of individuals, groups, and entities which are under sanction by the federal government and therefore ineligible for 

payment

Publication 78 (PUB 78) – Public (IRS)

• List of organizations that can receive tax-deductible contributions; verify whether an individual is a delinquent federal borrower 

System for Award Management (SAM) Entity Registration Records - Restricted (GSA)**

• Contains records of individuals and businesses authorized to participate in contracts with the federal government; verify that a vendor 

seeking to do business with the federal government has registered, in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

SAM Exclusion Records - Public & Restricted - (GSA)**

• Contains records of individuals and businesses currently debarred from participating in contracts with the federal government under 

specific exclusions or registered to conduct business with the federal government; verify whether payments are to debarred individuals

DNP Data Sources

The DNP Initiative (cont’d.)

DEBARMENT SOURCES
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DNP - New Data

Incarceration

Database Owner Description

Bureau of Prisons Data BOP Contains information on incarcerated individuals under the 

jurisdiction of the US Attorney General.

Database Owner Description

National Plan and Provider 

Enumeration List (NPPES)

CMS Contains information on approved health care providers and 

plans.

National Disqualified List USDA Contains information on providers that are ineligible to receive 

federal funding for a meals program.

Form 990-N (e-Postcard) –

Public

IRS List of organizations that can receive tax-deductible 

contributions; verify whether an individual is a delinquent federal 

borrower 

Eligibility/Debarment
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DNP - New Data

Database Owner Description

DNP Adjudication Data Fiscal Service Payment records within DNP indicating whether an agency has 

found a payment to be improper.

Payments, Claims, and 

Enhanced Reconciliations 

(PACER)

Fiscal Service Post-Payment data includes action that has taken place after a 

payment has been made, including offset, debt referral and 

reclamation from a bank.

Beneficiary Identification 

Record Locator Service (BIRLS)

VA Master list of VA beneficiaries, including address, death

indicator, whether the individual is active/reserve and other 

information.

Multi-Use/Death
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Current

Death Master File Public

Social Security Administration Death Master File

• Access restricted by Social Security Act 

• Does not include a death data from states

• Data may include Social Security Numbers 

(SSNs), first name, middle name, last name, 

date of birth, date of death

December 2023

Death Master File Full

Includes State Death Records
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Payment 

Integrity 

Hub

Proactive 

Alerts

Suspicious 

Data 

Repository

ID 

Verification

Data 

Analytics

Fraud

Eligibility & 

Risk

Cross 

Agency/

State 

Matching

Data 

Quality/

Integrity

Future Eligibility Hub Concept for DNP

Federal

Eligibility

Data

Systems PIIA authorized access to DNP services for FFSA programs

• FFSA include Unemployment Insurance and Medicaid

• Fiscal Service has been working towards meeting 

Agency/FFSA needs via a single payment integrity hub

• Fiscal Service has continuous interactions with programs 

across multiple states and federal agencies

• Modularized services to adapt and meet evolving needs

• Actively sourcing customers to develop dual enrollment 

and cross government identification functionality

Centralized access point to perform eligibility verification, 

interstate match, data analysis (quality/integrity, etc.)

• Can address eligibility verification and dual enrollment 

universe ($10.5B estimate)* 

• Future add Fraud and ID Verification sources

• Future add potential suspicious data repository, e.g., TINs, 

routing numbers

Payment Integrity Hub

*This estimate has been updated since this slide creation to reflect FY21 data. 

The universe is more than $11B.

PIIA - Payment Integrity Information Act

FFSA- Federally Funded State Administered 
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 DNP has promoted its services to 82 

programs across 37 states, two 

territories, and four Offices of 

Inspectors General

o 23 Analytics projects

o 9 portal enrollments

o Identified more than $28.3M in 

potential improper payments

 $6.4M confirmed by customer

 $21.9M under investigation 

State Outreach Success

 FIPCA Designated State

 Engaged State

 Analytics Project

 Portal Onboarding
Introducing Do Not Pay’s 

Application Programming Interface (API)

Steven Burbank

Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis

September 2022
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What is an API?

DNP

CUSTOMER
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What is an API?

A machine-to-machine interaction that takes place over a network, typically using the 

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) used on the web.

– An API is a way for one software to access information from another software. An API takes the human 

aspect out of communicating between business lines and automates the process.

– The type of API offered by DNP is Representational State Transfer (REST). It defines the interface and 

conventions used between a web service provider and clients. REST is the most used and considered 

industry standard.

– In this case, your API would be the consumer of information and would be accessing information from 

DNP’s databases – as we would be the provider.

– Essentially, the consumer is integrating DNP data into their own system. 
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Process – High Level

Legal 

Analysis/Approval Technical Set Up QA Testing

Production 

Verification Go Live! Outcome Feedback
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• With the API, the consumer is integrating DNP data into their own system. 

• DNP would assess the needs of your organization to help you make the decision on API 

vs. Portal.

‒ Does the program need real time results or are daily results sufficient?

• Using the DNP Portal is a manual process of searching of DNP data sources.

• Portal requires people to log in and retrieve results.

• API does not require onboarding to portal.

• API can be an automated process.

• API returns results without you having to navigate to the appropriate functionality.

API vs. Do Not Pay Portal
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Single API call contains the search criteria of one entity to be matched against your agency’s 

approved data source(s). The DNP response will include data source match results(s) for 

that single entity.

Query Options: Option 1 - Single Record
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Multiple API call contains the search criteria of up to 100 entities to be matched against 

your agency’s approved data source(s). The DNP response will include data source match 

result(s) for the searched entities.

Query Options: Option 2 - Multiple Record
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• Initial meeting to discuss expectations.

• Initial Questions document and Legal Questionnaire sent to agency.

• Garner legal approval.

• Assist agency with technical questions during system buildout.

• Issue client certificates (QA and Production).

• QA Testing.

• Assist with go-live.

What Does DNP Do to Set Up?
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What Will You Do to Set Up?

• Initial Meeting to discuss expectations.

• Complete the Initial Questions document and Legal Approval forms (DNP will guide you 

through the process).

• Once legal approval is given, the agency will be responsible for creating its API system.

• Test with DNP.

• Go live and give feedback on decision made (functionality can be built into API).
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• The API team can meet with Agency Outreach and discuss how agencies are using API to 

better serve the agency.

• Technical team can watch for hiccups.

• This helps DNP uncover ROIs.

• Testimonials are good for business.

What Will DNP Do With Your Feedback?
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API Implementation Successes

Agency/Program Program Go Live Date

Small Business Administration Economic Injury Disaster Loan June 2, 2021

Veterans Administration Financial Services Center/Vendor Management Group September 15, 2022

Health and Human Services Grants Solutions Group October 1, 2022
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For more information please contact:

Do Not Pay Business Center 

donotpay@fiscal.treasury.gov

Contact Information
Do Not Pay 

Analytics Overview

Brian Hewitt

September 27, 2022
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Introducing DNP Analytics

So that you can

Focus on your mission

The DNP Analytics Team is dedicated to delivering analytical insights 

and innovative data solutions that help you address your payment 

integrity and meet your mission. 

Our team of professionals with 

extensive experience include: 

Analytics Consultants

Data Scientists

Data Analysts 
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So that you can

Focus on your mission

DNP Analytics Services 

Analytic Solutions Team services range from consultation to fully-integrated data 

solutions that can be customized to your business.
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So that you can

Focus on your mission

Analytics Techniques

We employ advanced data analysis techniques.

Data Matching Data Modeling Risk Assessment Advanced Algorithms
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NAPHSIS provides EVVE FOD which aids customers 

in identifying and verifying decedent vital records 

information.

EVVE FOD Benefits

• States and Jurisdictions reported deaths (not available in 

the Limited Access Death Master File)

• Verify death certificate

• Provides access to most up-to-date death records & 

ability to query all participating vital records databases 

simultaneously.

EVVE FOD

• NAPHSIS acts as a secure information 

transmission hub, facilitating queries between 

approved users and participating States and 

Jurisdictions.

Note: 44 of the 57 total Jurisdictions are participating, with 

ongoing efforts to onboard more.

NAPHSIS 

EVVE FOD

Federal

Program 

Agency
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Death Record Confidence (DRC) Scoring Tool 

5

What is the DRC Scoring Tool? 

• DNP analytics solution that helps customers optimize improper payment research

• Enables the accurate identification of deceased individuals

• Identifies at risk improper payments

• Increases confidence in payment integrity and internal controls

How does the DRC Scoring Tool Work? 

Analyzes all death 

data available to DNP

Converts analysis into a 

confidence score

Incorporates payment 

information to identify the 

improper payments with 

the highest risk

Provides results in a file 

format is easily analyzed 

by the customer
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What are the Analytics-Only Data Sources 

Prisoner

Payments, Claims, and Reclamation Data 

DNP Agency Adjudication Health Care Provider 

Contains information from Do Not Pay customers 

regarding a determination of whether a payment is 

proper, improper, or under review as well as any 

comments associated with the determination.

Use Cases: Risk-Modeling to assist customers in 

prioritizing research that has been completed by other 

agencies and is more likely to result in a proper or 

improper determination.

Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Incarceration Database: 

Contains information regarding incarcerated 

individuals under the jurisdiction of the United 

States Attorney General. 

Use Cases: Verify eligibility for benefits which are 

prohibited or adjusted for prisoners (Veterans’ 

Health Benefits, Social Security, Means-Based 

benefits).

Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services National 

Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NNPES)

Contains information on approved health care 

providers and health plans. Data includes a 

National Provider Identifier which is unique to the 

business and is used across various government 

agencies.

Use Cases: Disaster Recovery related projects. 

Useful to verify disaster relief health care provider 

grantees at enrollment.

Philadelphia Financial Center (PFC) Reclamation Data: An extract of the Payments, Claims, 

and Enhanced Reconciliation (PACER) file, PFC has identified reason codes which are 

considered highly accurate indicators of a deceased recipient.

Use Cases: Additional high quality death data source; 

Identify deceased individuals that are not currently in other 

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Success Story: Oversight Program – Federal Benefit: Background

An oversight office partnered with DNP in its 

review of a Federal benefit program to identify 

the value of using DNP services to support 

their efforts in the identification and 

prevention of improper payments. 

DNP analyzed 10M beneficiary records to 

verify their eligibility and identify potentially 

fraudulent activity between 2020-2021 which 

includes COVID-19 relief funding. 

The analysis included data quality 

assessments, fraud risk assessments, and

matching to death data sources to verify 

whether beneficiaries were alive and/or 

eligible at the time of a payment.
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$2.14B 

in suspected

Improper payments 

*associated with 

potential fraud 

networks and/or 

deceased individuals

Success Story: Oversight Program – Federal Benefit: Analyses & Findings

Five Primary Analyses

Findings identified through individual analysis may not always appear suspicious on their own until compared to other records

and/or analyses which could indicate a fraud network. As such, DNP compared the findings from five primary analyses to identify

whether there were unexpected associations between the PII of different beneficiaries which may be a sign of potential fraud.

1. Death Data Source Matching

Finding: $38.6M in benefits were awarded to 2.2K beneficiaries that appear to have been 

deceased before or on the payment or claim date.

2. Age Assessment

Finding: $26M in benefits were awarded to 1.6K beneficiaries that appeared older than 100 

which is outside of the expected age range associated with this benefit.

3. Email Alias

$809M in benefits were awarded to 42K beneficiaries that shared an email username and/or 

alias with a significant number of other beneficiaries

4. Mailing Address

$6.8B in benefits were awarded to 386K beneficiaries that shared a mailing address with 10 or 

more additional beneficiaries

5. IP Address

1.4K distinct beneficiaries shared an IP address with at least 25 other beneficiaries on the same day
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An Example of a Suspicious Network of Claimants

sampleemail.@gmail.com

555 Street Ave.

1.11.111.1111

Individual #1

sampleemail.@gmail.com

555 Street Ave.

1.11.111.1111

Individual #2

sampleemail.@gmail.com

555 Street Ave.

1.11.111.1111

Individual #3

sampleemail.@gmail.com

555 Street Ave.

1.11.111.1111

Individual #4

sampleemail.@gmail.com

555 Street Ave.

1.11.111.1111

Individual #5

Beneficiaries share email, mailing address, 

IP address

Beneficiaries share email

Beneficiaries share IP address

Beneficiaries share mailing address

sampleemail.@gmail.com

1 Square Cir.

99.99.999.999

Individual #6

manypeople@aol.com

99 Hundred Blvd.

1.11.111.1111

Individual #7

555 Street Ave.

777.777.777.777

Individual #8

manypeople@aol.com

555 Street Ave.

300.0.300.0

Individual #9

manypeople@aol.com

789 Outer Ter.

300.0.300.0

Individual #10

anybody@att.net

369 Traffic Ln.

300.0.300.0

Individual #11

everybody@verizon.net

555 Street Ave.

300.0.300.0

Individual #12

familiar@yahoo.com

123 Main St.

257.257.257.257

Individual #13

sampleemail@gmail.com

456 Center Rd.

2222.33.4.555

Individual #15

testing@gmail.com

111 Broadway St.

Individual #14

testing@gmail.com

1.11.111.1111

555 Street Ave.

2222.33.4.555

Individual #16

username@domain.com

555 Street Ave.

99.99.999.999

Individual #17

person@outlook.com

1 Square Cir.

0.0.0.888

Individual #18

nobody@yahoo.com

Success Story: Oversight Program – Federal Benefit: Fraud Network Example
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Contact Information

For more information, visit our website: https://fiscal.treasury.gov/dnp/

Brian Hewitt

Data Analytics Advisor

202-874-5228

Brian.Hewitt@fiscal.treasury.gov
Why Do Not Pay (DNP)?

Lessons Learned from SBA OIG

Data Analytics

SBA OIG

September 27, 2022
Agenda

1. The Why

• Should your organization be utilizing DNP Data?

• Should it be a priority?

2. The How

• How do you get started?

• What do you need to bring to the table as a customer?

• Options for analysis and access.

3. The “So what!”
Why Utilize DNP

1. Agencies are required to use it (The Payment and Integrity Information Act)

• Oversight includes reporting on improper payments made due to lack of DNP 

implementation

• Reporting on delayed timelines for implementation

2. Even when in-use, oversight still includes evaluating whether

• DNP data was implemented properly

• DNP data was used to determine eligibility

• Any gaps exist for the duration of benefit programs

• New data sources are implemented as they become available 

• Improper payments resulted from selective implementation of DNP data sources
Why Utilize DNP

3. It is Free and it is Federal

• Treasury is consolidating critical datasets in one place, saving time and resources

• DNP is a dedicated federal program, so you have continuous support

4. The DNP Business Center

• Offering analytics services

• Analysis is rigorous and includes multi-level QA

• Raw, aggregate results, documentation and methodologies provided

• Analysis from Treasury may carry additional weight
How to Get Started

1. Conduct an overview of the Agency’s current (or lack of) implementation 

2. Contact the DNP Business Center

3. Contact your OIG’s Legal Division – they’ll need to engage for the MOU

4. Check out SBA OIG’s Do Not Pay Audits:

• COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program

• Paycheck Protection Program
What to Bring to the Table

1. Clear goals and objectives

2. A clean authoritative copy of the source data

3. Data dictionary

4. Data Subject Matter Expert (SME)

5. Time and availability for touchpoints throughout
Options for Analysis and Access

1. Partnership Project with DNP Business Center (Analytics Team)

• DNP conducts the analysis 

• Bring additional “Authority of Voice”

• Deeper level of analysis (beyond basic matching)

2. Self-Service

• Analysis beyond match results conducted by the OIG

• Engage training on the process and data sources prior to starting

• Options include API and Batch-Matching via the Portal
“So What???”

It’s not why should you use Do Not Pay, but 

why shouldn’t you???
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PRESENTED BY

PICOE

INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT

THE PAYMENT INTEGRITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (PICOE)

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
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PICOE Investigative Support

 PICOE’s Purpose 

 Actionable Outcomes 

 Investigative Support

 Operational Metrics FY22

 Upcoming Event

Agenda
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PICOE’S PURPOSE

PICOE was created in 2019 to support 

agencies cross-governmentally to mitigate 

and prevent improper payments.

PICOE’S PRIORITIES

• Reduce fraud, waste, abuse and improper 

payments

• Increase recovery of improperly paid 

funds

• Support investigative community in fraud 

deterrence

•Reduce deceased payees paid (across 

multiple agencies)

• Improve integrity of payment and post 

payment data

Payment Integrity Center of Excellence (PICOE)
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Actionable Outcomes

1

2

3

4

5

6

Identify

Identify the payment or payee that should not be paid

Prevent (Pre-Award, Pre-Payment)

Prevent the award or payment before sending to Treasury

Recall (At time of Payment)

Hold for further analysis or cancel payment before disbursement

Recover (Post-Payment)

Request recovery of funds from the Financial Institution

Investigate

Refer for investigation if potential criminal activity is suspected

Share

Share outcomes and discoveries with stakeholder community

Focus on Six Actionable Outcomes 

throughout the Payment Lifecycle
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PICOE Investigative Support

How do you submit a request for information/data?

Step 1: Complete a one-page Privacy Act Template and 

return to PICOE’s shared email box:

PaymentIntegrity@fiscal.treasury.gov

Step 2: Privacy Act template is sent to Bureau of Fiscal 

Service (BFS) Privacy and Office of Chief Counsel 

(OCC) for approval 

Step 3: After approval is received, the information/data will 

be sent to the requestor
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PICOE Investigative Support

• PICOE routinely supports IRS CI, TIGTA and IRS program areas 

with long term data sharing agreements as well as Ad hoc data 

requests and projects

• These are the only three agencies that PICOE can provide with 

IRS payment information 

• PICOE is unable to provide non-IRS agencies with IRS Payment 

information; however, we will provide these requests to the 

BFS OCC for coordination with the requesting Agencies 

Counsel for a decision regarding what, if anything can be 

provided
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Sources of Fraud and Actionable Outcomes

Once identified and validated, use continuous monitoring approach to 

enable actions that prevent and recover improper payments

• Cross-Govt Data Validation

• Account Verification Service

• Decedent Verification Service

• Address Validation Service (new)

Validate

• Notify allstakeholders:

– Agencies who pay

– Financial Institutions

– Investigative Groups

Inform & Notify

• Set auto-prevention rule to 

prevent future payments

‒ Agency payment systems

‒ Fiscal Service systems

Prevent

• Auto-recall payments in transit

• Auto-recovery request to FI for 

payments already made

• Return reclaimed funds to agency

Recover

Sources of Potential Fraud

Financial 

Institutions

• ACH Returns with Fraud Reason

• Account Validation

• Automated Enrollments

Agencies

• Death Notification Entries

• Claims of Non-Receipt

• Non-Entitlement / Recovery Req

• Agency System Internal Controls

Payees • Calls and Correspondence

Law 

Enforcement

• Investigative Cases

• Victims and Fraudsters

Post Payment 

Transactions

• Forged and Altered Checks

• Expired Checks

• Claims Adjudication

• Check Forgery Insurance Fund

Fiscal Service

• Do Not Pay screening

• Eligibility Rules Engine (new)

• Compromised Accounts (new)

Data Source 

Updates

• New deaths in Death Master File

• New “barred vendors” list

• Many others...

• Investigative Case Support

• Data visualization

• Linked Cases Network Analysis

• Geographic Trend Analysis

Investigate
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PICOE Operations FY22

Data Requests Check images and 

payment details

QDB Appeals Recovery Tool

Responded to 

requests for data 

from 20 different 

customers/

agencies

Provided to 

customers from 

PACER, Frontier 

and FedImage

In PEGA, fielded 

& dispositioned 

handwriting 

appeals

Total improper 

payments 

recovered for 

agencies

849 15,619 144 $9.5 M
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• The Future of Fraud Detection - Investigative Solutions and Case 

Development

• Date: November 8, 2022

• Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm EST

• Participation is open to all Federal agencies only 

• There is no cost to attend

• This will be a Microsoft Teams virtual event

Upcoming PICOE OIG Agency Engagement
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