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Title: Government Waste Public employees second only to financial pros in fraud, study shows
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The Washington Free Beacon
URL Source: http://freebeacon.com/government-waste/
Published: May 15, 2012
Author: BY: Bill McMorris
Post Date: 2012-05-15 10:11:30 by SJN
Keywords: None
Views: 32311
Comments: 62
Government workers are among the employees most likely to cheat their employers, according to a new study. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the world’s largest anti-fraud organization, found that public-sector administration employees are responsible for more than 10 percent of fraud cases, ranking behind only financial professionals. In 141 cases examined, the group found that a crooked employee costs taxpayers a median loss of $100,000. ACFE analyzed nearly 1,400 cases of fraud and corruption worldwide and found that “banking and financial services, government and public administration, and manufacturing accounted for a combined 37 percent of the fraud cases reported.” ACFE spokesman Scott Patterson said access to large amounts of money and an entitlement mentality could lead to fraud in any organization. “Government is handling a lot of money, but there have still been cutbacks, so you can have an employee who says ‘I haven’t gotten a raise in two year, so I deserve this,’” he said. The revelations came as no surprise to Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste. “The staff at government agencies is honest and hard working, but everything is so large that it’s hard to guard against fraud,” he said. “The objective in Washington generally is to spend the money, not necessarily to examine results or worry about how effectively it’s being spent.” A congressional staffer who has worked to combat fraud at the federal level agreed that the amount of money being spent has stretched the government thin and left limited accountability. A culture has developed that excuses lavish spending programs, he said, pointing to the GSA’s $800,000 Las Vegas retreat, which has resulted in several firings and resignations. “The federal government is sending all of this money out and there’s no follow up, no accountability,” the staffer said. “It’s part of the culture.” However, internal fraud is small potatoes compared with what are considered legitimate pursuits of taxpayer dollars, the source said. Leaders in state governments have pounced upon a number of loopholes to take advantage of federal money for social programs. State employees will spend small amounts of money to grab federal millions rather than pay for social services out of their own budget. The state of Washington issued 250,000 $1 checks in 2009 for an “energy assistance program” to food-stamp recipients. The one-time payment allowed the state to capitalize on $43 million from the federal government. A state official, Leo Ribas, said the brazen move was necessary to “leverage the federal money.” Despite the cunning move, the state received a $6 million bonus from the federal government for running an efficient program. “These guys are gaming the system to get more money out of Washington, and their inefficiency and scamming is being rewarded with more money,” the insider said. “This type of behavior only leads to more dishonesty and it’s emblematic of the problem Washington has when spending this kind of money.” The food-stamp program suffers many of the accountability shortfalls that can lead to a culture of lax accountability and fraud. In 2009, the program paid out approximately $50 billion in benefits; $2.2 billion of that total, however, was paid in error. More than 80 percent of the payment errors were overpayments, equivalent to $1.8 billion in program transactions, according to Kay E. Brown of the Government Accountability Office. A case of fraud operates undetected for a median period of 18 months, according to ACFE. Operating in this type of environment allows fraud to perpetuate for lengthy periods of time, according to Patterson. Lack of accountability creates an environment ripe for abuse, Patterson said. “Most government organizations have audits, but … in certain bureaucracies where there aren’t the correct controls in place, that’s how the threat of fraud is more pronounced,” he said. Schatz said the government needs to ramp up its ability to control for fraud and account for how federal funds are used. “The GAO and various inspector generals at federal agencies continually cite the lack of internal controls at federal agencies,” he said. “That alone makes the expenditures difficult to account for and subject to fraud and abuse, both internally and externally.” The GAO has had its budget slashed by $60 million over the past two years, a move that could cost taxpayers a lot more in the long run. “Sixty years ago, the whole federal budget was $42.6 billion and employed 2.2 million people; today, the budget stands at an astonishing $3.7 trillion and the federal (non-military workforce) stands at 2.7 million with millions more in outside contractors,” CAGW’s Leslie Paige writes in a report. “Yet, GAO is less than half the size it was in 1950.” A Republican congressional staffer said lawmakers must focus on stopping fraud before it starts. He said the answer lies in cutting spending, eliminating government slush funds, and increasing transparency and accountability. “It is difficult to keep track of large sums of money when it’s going to 50 states with a bunch of different systems,” he said. “That’s why we need to reform how the federal government spends its money and how states can qualify for it; we can’t just write checks and not follow up on them.” Calls to the GAO and labor groups representing government employees were not returned.
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#23. To: mininggold (#22)
Oh plz. You're such a poser.
I don't know if you're completely dead, yet... so far, necrosis appears to have manifested only above your neck. I recommend amputation. I can't use it because as I said before I turned in the equipment and got a receipt for it from ATT, stupid.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
LOL. Yep I Voted for Ron Paul. You and your fellow inquisitors were all over the Paul people last time out. I doubt you have really changed.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
He is doing good, thanks for asking. How are you doing? If memory serves me, you are done with your treatments? God Bless
As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. -Proverbs 27:17 (NKJV)
It seems you are now having to eat your words although your bitter, nasty rhetoric hasn't changed a bit I'm glad to hear it! Surprised as heck but delighted. Yes, last election I was going along with the status quo. I don't mind eating crow and I don't find it intolerable to have made a mistake. When I make them I try to own up to them and hopefully grow a bit wiser. If you find my rhetoric nasty or bitter, maybe it's from your own nasty and bitter angle.
I'm glad to hear he's doing well. I sure hope his treatments will be over soon. Poor little guy. I'm over with mine and starting to feel much better. I do have neurapathy (sp?)in my hands and my feet. My feet are the worse. That is disappointing but, I'm alive and the Dr. says that the neuropathy may go away in a few months, so I'm hoping that is the case.
Neuropathy can go away. My son went to a physical therapist for over two years now to work on his feet/ankles. He graduated last week so it can be overcome. I am sure as we get to adult age it becomes tougher but not impossible. So would recommend asking your doc for a referral to a physical therapist. I am glad to hear you are done, but ensure you keep doing your follow ups until they declare you cancer free. That time frame is usually 18-24 months after your last treatment. At least that is what they told me for my son's ALL. He will continue his treatments until late 2013 then gets frequent check ups for another two years before they will call him cancer free. Again that is for leukemia which is a blood cancer, it may be different for you. I will continue to keep you in prayer. We have not seen you on LP in some time and glad to have you back.
As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. -Proverbs 27:17 (NKJV)
3. If push comes to shove, I'll use force of arms to punctuate point #2. This is a forum to have fun and debate issues. I know people make you mad sometimes or push your buttons. This isn't the place to make death threats. Just stick to debating.
'It's now very common to hear people say, "I'm rather offended by that", as if that gives them certain rights. It's no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. "I'm offended by that." Well, so fucking what?' —Stephen Fry
LoonyMing: I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. 'It's now very common to hear people say, "I'm rather offended by that", as if that gives them certain rights. It's no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. "I'm offended by that." Well, so fucking what?' —Stephen Fry
I will continue to keep you in prayer. We have not seen you on LP in some time and glad to have you back. My Dr. has said nothing about needing physical therapy. I'll be sure to ask him about it. I'll keep praying for your son as well. I just can't imagine having to endure treatment for so long. I honestly don't believe I could. As a matter of fact, I have some spots in my lungs that the Dr. has been looking at periodically by way of CT scans. He doesn't think they are cancer, thank goodness, but keeping an eye on them anyway. But I've pretty much thought about the possibility of cancer coming back, etc. and I really don't think I'd go through treatment again. That's how hard I found it to be. I haven't been on LP because Goldi banned me for being a supporter of Ron Paul. She banned me with out a word to me or acknowledgement that she did so. But she did. I find that appalling and am glad to be gone from a site that has an owner who won't tolerate an individuals support of a candidate she isn't for. It's absurd and completely un-American beyond a doubt. She talks about being Conservative yet can't tolerate another conservative that doesn't support the military industrial complex. She cares more about a foreign nation than she does this country. She ought to get the hell out, move there and stay out.
Eric is getting pretty obsessive lately, maybe he needs one of your patented time outs. Personally I'm tired of him stalking me and I'm sure Lucy is tired of him stalking her too.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Wow, did not know you were banned from LP. There are so many Paul supporters there I am truly shocked she picked you out of the group. I will miss your posts on LP but will continue to check here on LF for your posts. God Bless
As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. -Proverbs 27:17 (NKJV)
I still don't understand it. What could SJN even say that remotely compared to what the Posse posts there every day?
You're a fucking asshole, Junior. Don't you DARE threaten her. You want a piece of someone, I'll pay for your flight and you can go after a man instead of a very sweet Sr. Citizen. But the fact is, we both know that you're a simpering Keyboard Kommado that IF push ever came to shove you'd piss your pants and scream for Mommy...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
I'll take that offer. I'll kick your fat ass from Staten Island to New Jersey.
Game on.
Tell me where to send the ticket. Is Columbus close enough?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
You are one truly confused individual...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
No need for anyone to threaten violence. Like any of you are going to follow through anyway. I should have read the thread closer way back when.
You threaten violence all the time and now you're trying the peacemaker act. Give me a break.
Fred why don't you shut up or go away. Don't go away mad just go away.
See ya, fuckwad. In the funny papers.
Ok. Here is some lyrics to a song. Girl don't go away mad, girl just go away. So don't get to upset.
Listen Stone..I'm getting tired of that FAT ASS Staten Island Fairy calling people out. If he wants to pay my way to NYC to kick his ass..whats it to you? Of course once he realizes I'm coming from California to deliver a personal George Zimmerman experience to his FAT ASS, maybe he'll reconsider his *theory* that I'm Badeye.
Is Columbus close enough? No it isn't fuckwit. I'm gonna take a redeye from California..kick your FAT ASS silly..and go home.
Why don't you just go back to your home planet called TrueBlueShithole with Bob J discussing how GREAT he is to you? You need that sort of stuff everyday.
F I G H T !!!!!
"If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave." Samuel Adams, Rights of the Colonists, 1772
I'll be here... Should I buy scones?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
It's not my *theory*, chickenlips. Everyone knows it.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Meaning what, basslips?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
"Eric is getting pretty obsessive lately, maybe he needs one of your patented time outs. Personally I'm tired of him stalking me and I'm sure Lucy is tired of him stalking her too." Debate this, Stone, when wishful thinking becomes 'death threats', then you will be just as guilty as Eric. Not that I care one way or the other, but you are constantly wishing death on other's for their beliefs and views. I'm not saying they're right, and you're wrong, but you are wrong to chastise Eric for what you do almost on a daily basis. Now, that said! You're right about one thing though, you just don't realize how right you are. Minninggold and her pseudonym, lucysmom, are here solely to 'push buttons' and get reactions that could get intended targets 'timeout' and/or 'banned', and I see now, that is exactly what they are after here, to push any of your posters into a corner, then yell for you to make them go away. TooConservative tried this trick a few days ago, you didn't fall for it, but this same scenerio is being played out by this teat sucking welfare biotch (and her alter ego, lucysmom), and you seem to be falling for it. jmho!
"A friend will calm you down when you are angry, but a best friend will skip beside you with a baseball bat singing, "someone's gonna get it"
I have to second that motion.
"If men through fear, fraud or mistake, should in terms renounce and give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the great end of society, would absolutely vacate such renunciation; the right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of Man to alienate this gift, and voluntarily become a slave." Samuel Adams, Rights of the Colonists, 1772
Agreed.
"Most people prefer to believe that their leaders are just and fair, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which he lives is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all." Michael Rivero
Stonie, I applaud your forum for keeping speech free. But I must give you a friendly reminder that even your forum is "snooped" upon by the Google masters. And we all know who they report to.
As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. -Proverbs 27:17 (NKJV)
How can you 'applaud' free speech in one breath, then give a leftwingers wet dream of a veiled threat in the other? Everything is a 'threat' to those fked up A-holes, everything that is posted on this forum, and thousands like it, are a THREAT to any communist/marxist/socialist society, and the snoops that kiss their azzes! Unless there has been a specific threat made towards a particular person, by a particular poster, or the owner himself, what particular part of the 'free speech' practiced here do you find offensive, or so dangerous you think the snoops can swoop in and get you? Free Speech, it's a wonderful thing to have, use it, or lose it! Free Speech, coupled with Common Sense, is a smart thing to have, but no one is going to dictate, or threaten me with what part they don't like, unless they can prove in a court of law, criminal intent. JMHO!
"A friend will calm you down when you are angry, but a best friend will skip beside you with a baseball bat singing, "someone's gonna get it"
There are ways to shut off the Google snooping. Such measures are used on other forums.
As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. -Proverbs 27:17 (NKJV)
Unless he banned them they haven't posted here in about 6 weeks, and my how nice and quiet it is around here without their inane chatter....
Choosing and voting for a presidential candidate is like picking which STD you want to suffer from….
Only if you're planning to bribe some queer from South Ferry station to be your "bodyguard" tubby. You're going to need something...
I love that somehow somewhere someone played you for a sucker, Boofer. You're going to need something... I already have the lawyer...and my neighbor is a judge... See you soon?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
And you should apologize to lucysmom, assdick.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
#24. To: Capitalist Eric (#15)
And why not? You're still using it.
#25. To: SJN (#23)
Oh plz. You're such a poser.
#26. To: SJN (#19)
Good to see you red!! How's your son?
#27. To: mininggold (#22)
Actually I just voted for Ron Paul in the California primary ..my third vote for him although I'm not happy about his stance on Citizens United. I remember what you thought of Ron Paul supporters during the last election cycle.
#28. To: redleghunter (#26)
#29. To: SJN (#28)
I do have neurapathy (sp?)in my hands and my feet.
#30. To: Capitalist Eric (#21)
You don't DESERVE anything from me, my wife or my family. I'd rather see you DEAD than hobble the futures of my kids.
#31. To: A K A Stone (#30)
Translation: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
#32. To: redleghunter (#29)
He will continue his treatments until late 2013 then gets frequent check ups for another two years before they will call him cancer free. Again that is for leukemia which is a blood cancer, it may be different for you.
#33. To: A K A Stone, Lucysmom (#30)
(Edited)
This is a forum to have fun and debate issues. I know people make you mad sometimes or push your buttons. This isn't the place to make death threats. Just stick to debating.
#34. To: SJN, GarySpFc, TooConservative (#32)
#35. To: redleghunter (#34)
Wow, did not know you were banned from LP.
#36. To: Capitalist Eric (#21)
3. If push comes to shove, I'll use force of arms to punctuate point #2.
#37. To: war (#36)
You want a piece of someone, I'll pay for your flight and you can go after a man instead of a very sweet Sr. Citizen.
#38. To: Thunderbird (#37)
#39. To: Thunderbird (#37)
(Edited)
#40. To: Thunderbird (#37)
...your fat ass
#41. To: Capitalist Eric, lucysmom, mininggold, war, thunderbird (#40)
#42. To: A K A Stone (#41)
#43. To: Fred Mertz (#42)
#44. To: A K A Stone (#43)
#45. To: Fred Mertz (#44)
In the funny papers.
#46. To: A K A Stone (#41)
#47. To: war (#39)
Tell me where to send the ticket.
#48. To: Thunderbird (#47)
I'm gonna take a redeye from California..kick your FAT ASS silly..and go home.
#49. To: All (#48)
#50. To: Thunderbird (#47)
I'm gonna take a redeye from California..kick your FAT ASS silly..and go home.
#51. To: Thunderbird (#46)
Of course once he realizes I'm coming from California to deliver a personal George Zimmerman experience to his FAT ASS, maybe he'll reconsider his *theory* that I'm Badeye.
#52. To: Thunderbird. A K A Stone (#46)
....to deliver a personal George Zimmerman experience to his FAT ASS
#53. To: mininggoldlucysmom, A K A Stone, Capitalist Eric, SJN, redleghunter, ALL (#33)
(Edited)
"This is a forum to have fun and debate issues. I know people make you mad sometimes or push your buttons. This isn't the place to make death threats. Just stick to debating."
#54. To: Murron, A K A Stone, Capitalist Eric (#53)
Debate this, Stone, when wishful thinking becomes 'death threats', then you will be just as guilty as Eric. Not that I care one way or the other, but you are constantly wishing death on other's for their beliefs and views. I'm not saying their right, and you're wrong, but you are wrong to chastise Eric for what you do almost on a daily basis.
#55. To: Murron (#53)
#56. To: A K A Stone (#30)
#57. To: redleghunter, A K A Stone (#56)
"I applaud your forum for keeping speech free. But I must give you a friendly reminder that even your forum is "snooped" upon by the Google masters. And we all know who they report to."
#58. To: Murron (#57)
#59. To: Murron, AKA Stone (#53)
You're right about one thing though, you just don't realize how right you are. Minninggold and her pseudonym, lucysmom, are here solely to 'push buttons' and get reactions that could get intended targets 'timeout' and/or 'banned', and I see now, that is exactly what they are after here, to push any of your posters into a corner, then yell for you to make them go away.
#60. To: war (#50)
Should I buy scones?
#61. To: Thunderbird (#60)
(Edited)
Only if you're planning to bribe some queer from South Ferry station to be your "bodyguard" tubby.
#62. To: Capitalist Eric (#55)
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