Update on the Amount of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Uncovered through SIGAR's Oversight Work between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019
Abstract
On September 27, 2017, SIGAR received a Congressional inquiry seeking information about the amount of waste, fraud, and abuse SIGAR has uncovered through its oversight work. In response to this request, SIGAR issued a report on July 17, 2018, identifying approximately $15.5 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse that it uncovered in its 766 published reports and closed investigations since SIGARs inception in 2008 and December 31, 2017.To obtain these figures, SIGAR used professional judgment to apply the definitions of waste, fraud, and abuse developed by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO first included a definition of waste in its2017 Government Auditing Standards exposure draft, also known as the Yellow Book, and then modified the definition when GAO reissued its audit standards in 2018.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1137557
Entities
People
- John Sopko
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction