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Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act
Federal employees who oversee government spending, award grants, or approve disbursements will be required to complete fraud-prevention training within six months of being hired and retake it every two years. The coursework trains officials to evaluate financial risks, report suspected abuse, and use verification tools like the Treasury Department's "Do Not Pay" database to prevent improper payments. State, local, territorial, and tribal personnel who run federally funded programs will also be able to take the training and receive technical assistance at no cost.
People affected—The text covers specific categories of federal employees (program officers, financial managers, disbursement certifying officials, auditors, grants managers) and optionally state/local personnel, but does not enumerate or quantify the population.
Fiscal magnitude—The text does not specify any direct appropriations, authorizations of funding, or estimated dollar amounts.
Reach28provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Spending vs. restraint−22Ethics & oversight+32
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- State, local, tribal, and territorial government personnel and contractorsMay receive antifraud training at no cost and technical assistance from the Treasury Department to adopt antifraud standards in administering federally funded programs (Sec. 2(a)(4122)(d)).
Who it burdens
- Federal financial managers, grant administrators, and oversight personnelMust complete antifraud and improper payment prevention training within 180 days of appointment or the effective date, and at least once every two years thereafter (Sec. 2(a)(4122)(c)(1)).
- Federal agency leadershipHeads of federal agencies are required to enforce mandatory completion of the fraud prevention training program for designated financial, auditing, grant, and program management personnel (Sec. 2(a)(4122)(c)(1)).
- Office of Personnel ManagementRequired to establish and maintain a system to certify and keep records of federal employees who complete the mandatory training program (Sec. 2(a)(4122)(c)(2)).
- Department of the Treasury and Office of Management and BudgetRequired to submit annual reports to congressional committees assessing training participation rates and evaluating the program's effectiveness in curbing fraud and improper payments (Sec. 2(a)(4122)(e)).