DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ISSUES RULE: ADMINISTRATIVE FALSE CLAIMS AND PROCEDURES

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Department Of Energy has issued a rule called: Administrative False Claims and Procedures.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 13 by Jennifer Hartzell, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

Summary: DOE publishes this final rule to revise its regulations issued under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 ("PFCRA"), amended by the Administrative False Claims Act of 2023 ("the AFCA"). The AFCA, formerly PFCRA, pertains to the Federal Government's ability to combat fraud involving Federal funds by allowing for the imposition of civil penalties and assessments against persons who make, submit, or present, or cause to be made, submitted, or presented, false, fict...