Linda Miller Journalist Profile

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Our approach to improper payments is failing; the 2024 numbers explain why

Dec 23, 2024 | nextgov.com | Linda Miller |Gavin Ugale

It’s tempting to want to celebrate the latest improper payment numbers—just announced as being at their lowest level in a decade— as a great success story. And indeed, the administration is celebrating. But dig deeper, and the headline figure hides troubling problems in the data and methodologies that speak to the systemic issues that have plagued the improper payments effort for decades. The 2024 improper payments estimates provide an illustration of why reform is badly needed.
Audient Group LLC Welcomes New Partner Mark Houston, a Veteran in Financial Services Fraud-Risk Management

May 20, 2024 | einnews.com | Linda Miller

Audient Group LLC Welcomes New Partner Mark Houston, a Veteran in Financial Services Fraud-Risk Management Industry Leader Brings Over 20 Years of Expertise to Strengthen Audient Group’s Fraud-Risk Management Services WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, May 20, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Media Contact: Linda Miller [email protected] 703.599.3753 Audient Group LLC Welcomes New Partner Mark Houston, a Veteran in Financial Services Fraud-Risk Management Today, Audient Group, LLC is excited to...
Beyond finger-pointing: Common sense reform needed to prevent another fraud crisis

Feb 15, 2024 | federalnewsnetwork.com | Linda Miller

In the fall, I testified before the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight on pandemic fraud and how to prevent such a massive fraud event in the future. The story of fraud in the pandemic is still being written. We may never know how much was stolen, but all told it could amount to $20 or $25 out of every $100 spent on pandemic relief programs.
CFPB’s proposed rule would cripple government fraud prevention efforts

Feb 15, 2024 | thehill.com | Linda Miller

In the aftermath of the most damaging and widespread fraud event in our history, this would be an exceptionally bad time to tie government agencies’ hands in protecting citizens and preventing fraud. But unfortunately, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is contemplating a new proposed rule to do just that.
The Wheels that Squeak: Why Preventing Fraud is Not a Government Priority

May 8, 2023 | govexec.com | Linda Miller

The American government has a fundamental incentive problem when it comes to fraud, waste, and abuse. In this way, as in many others, government leaders share little in common with their private sector peers. CEOs have an obligation to their shareholders to minimize financial loss due to fraud, waste, and abuse. Protecting the bottom line is a business imperative. This is why banks and insurance companies have put in place the most cutting-edge tools to prevent fraud.