Patent ID: 8036960

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for systematically coordinating the collection, analysis and storage of payroll information provided to government agencies by government contractors pursuant to applicable regulations, the method comprising: collecting, via a computer, payroll information for each of a plurality of employees from a contractor; for each of the plurality of employees, performing, via the computer, an automated compliance check on the payroll information collected from the contractor; storing, via the computer, verified payroll information in at least one database, the verified payroll information corresponding to the payroll information for each of the plurality of employees that satisfied the automated compliance check; performing, via the computer, an automated fraud check on the verified payroll information by analyzing verified payroll information of at least two of the plurality of the employees in the aggregate to identify at least one instance of possible fraud not otherwise identifiable from the verified payroll information of any individual one of the plurality of employees; notifying, via the computer, at least one auditor of the at least one instance of possible fraud; and providing, via the computer, at least one report to at least one agency, wherein said analyzing verified payroll information further comprises: calculating a ratio using the verified payroll information, comparing the calculated ratio to an expected range, and identifying a respective portion of the verified payroll information as the at least one possible instance of fraud when the calculated ratio is outside the expected range for that calculated ratio.