FraudNet/Reporting Fraud

FraudNet/Reporting Fraud

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Fraud is waste, abuse, or mismanagement of funds. Read the FraudNet mission statement.

What Type of Fraud Are You Reporting?


Federal Funds

Small Business

Internal Fraud at GAO


Report Federal Funds Fraud

How to submit allegations:
    • Fill out a FraudNet form
    • E-mail: fraudnet@gao.gov
    • Call toll-free: 1-800-424-5454 (an automated answering system)
    • Fax: (202) 512-3086
    • Write:
      GAO FraudNet
      441 G Street NW
      Mail Stop 4T21
      Washington, DC 20548

What information to submit: Provide as much detail as possible. You do not need to provide your name.

What happens to information you submit: The FraudNet form is transmitted over a secure connection, and we safeguard all information against unauthorized disclosure.

Privacy: We use Secure Sockets layer (SSL) and GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) encryption to protect the transmission of the information you submit. Please read FraudNet's Confidentiality Policy.    View FraudNet's Confidentiality Policy View FraudNET's Confidentiality Policy

Note: To use the FraudNet form, your Web browser must support forms, HTML 3.0 tables, and 128 bit encryption.

 

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Report Small Business Fraud

How to submit allegations:

What information to submit: Provide as much detail as possible. You do not need to provide your name.

Report potential fraud and abuse in:

    • the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program, or HUBZone;
    • the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business procurement program; and
    • the 8(a) Business Development Program.

GAO is investigating these programs after uncovering evidence in July 2008 that the HUBZone program is vulnerable to fraud and abuse. Specifically, GAO found that 10 companies it reviewed continued to participate in the HUBZone program even though they did not meet program requirements. In total, these companies were awarded more than $100 million in federal contracts in 2006 and 2007.
See Highlights of GAO-08-964T

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Report Fraud, Waste of Abuse at GAO

The Office of the Inspector General investigates allegations of potential fraud, waste, mismanagement, and violations of rules and laws related to GAO employees.

How to submit allegations:
    • Call toll-free: (866) 680-7963.
    • Fax: (202) 512-3086
    • E-mail: GAOHotline@gao.gov
    • Write:
      U.S. Government Accountabilitiy Office
      Office of the Inspector General
      441 G Street NW, Room 1808
      Washington, DC 20548

What information to submit: Provide as much detail as possible. You do not need to provide your name.

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FraudNet Mission

GAO FraudNet is a vital part of the Forensic Audits and Special Investigations Team. Its objectives are to

    • operate an automated means that anyone may use to report allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds;
    • refer those allegations to the Inspector General (IG) of the cognizant federal agency;
    • expedite responses to congressional requests;
    • review IG responses to allegations referred by GAO;
    • advise GAO teams and agency IGs of audit leads; and
    • provide information to federal, state, and local organizations about establishing their own hotlines.

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