HR8428-119

What This Bill Does

The Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act creates a governmentwide antifraud and improper-payment prevention training program in title 5. Treasury and OMB, consulting OPM, must establish and maintain the program. The curriculum must cover identifying and assessing fraud and improper-payment risks, using GAO's Fraud Risk Framework, OMB Circular A-123, Treasury's Anti-Fraud Playbook, NIST Digital Identity Guidelines, data analytics tools, the Treasury Do Not Pay system, other payment, account, and payee validation programs, governmentwide antifraud data sharing, reporting suspected fraud, waste, and abuse, and internal controls that prevent improper payments and fraud. Agency heads must ensure that program administrators, program officers, financial administrators or managers, disbursement certifying officials, auditing officials, grants managers, and similar federal program or federal financial-assistance oversight employees complete the program within 180 days after appointment or the effective date and at least every two years thereafter. OPM must certify completion and maintain records. Treasury must make the program available to state and local employees, including territories and the District of Columbia.

Who Benefits and How

Federal taxpayers benefit from a workforce trained to prevent fraud and improper payments before money leaves the government. Federal program administrators benefit from standardized instruction on fraud-risk indicators, Do Not Pay, data analytics, internal controls, and reporting channels. Grants managers benefit from training tailored to federal financial-assistance oversight. OMB improper-payment staff benefit from governmentwide adoption of Circular A-123 and related frameworks. Treasury antifraud staff benefit from broader use of the Anti-Fraud Playbook, Do Not Pay, and validation services. State and local employees administering federal funds benefit from optional access to the training program.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Treasury and OMB must establish and maintain the training program. OPM must create certification and records systems. Agency heads must identify covered employees and enforce 180-day and biennial training deadlines. Federal certifying officials, auditors, grants managers, financial managers, and program officers must complete recurring training. Agency learning offices must integrate the program into onboarding and compliance systems. State and local employers may need to coordinate optional participation for employees managing federal funds.

Key Provisions

• Establishes a governmentwide antifraud and improper-payment prevention training program.
• Requires curriculum on fraud-risk assessment, GAO and OMB frameworks, Treasury tools, NIST digital identity guidance, data analytics, Do Not Pay, reporting, and internal controls.
• Requires covered federal program and financial-assistance employees to complete training within 180 days and every two years.
• Requires OPM to certify completion and maintain records.
• Requires Treasury to make the program available to state and local employees working with federal funds.