Washington, April 27 -- Congressman Andy Biggs issued the following press release:
Congressman Andy Biggs (AZ-05) introduced the Taxpayers Resources Used in Emergencies (TRUE) Accountability Act - a bipartisan piece of legislation to require agencies to develop plans to prevent fraud during an emergency or crisis. Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) joined as a co-lead on the bill.
The bill requires that two U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports - A Framework for Managing Improper Payments in Emergency Assistance Programs and A Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in 20 Federal Programs - be incorporated into agency plans so they have a proven, data-driven framework for preventing fraud. GAO estimates that the federal govern...