In May 2024, Treasury and DOL announced a new data sharing partnership to provide state unemployment agencies with access to DNP Working System data sources and services through the UI Integrity Data Hub.

Check fraud has increased nationwide by 385% since March 2020. In 2021, financial institutions filed over 350,000 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to FinCEN to report potential check fraud, a 23% increase over the number of check fraud-related SARs filed in 2020.

When disasters strike, FEMA needs to approve and distribute disaster assistance payments quickly while ensuring the payments are delivered to the right recipients. FEMA worked with the Office of Payment Integrity (OPI) since 2019 to develop solutions that balance speed and security in these critical situations.

Since the start of 2024, buyers of eligible new and pre-owned clean vehicles can get the full value of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) clean vehicle tax credits at the time of purchase rather than waiting to claim the credit on their tax returns.

In 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) partnered with Treasury’s Office of Payment Integrity to evaluate fraud concerns for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) payments. Retrospective screenings were conducted to check for debarment and loan delinquencies or defaults.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) disburses payments four (4) days during a month: the 3rd day of the month and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wednesdays of each month. The process to disburse these payments starts days in advance, while payee status could still change each day (for example, deceased, bank account, or address update).