Kendra S. Horn: “H.R. 1827, the Government Waste Corrections Act, would require executive branch departments and agencies to use a…”

“H.R. 1827, the Government Waste Corrections Act, would require executive branch departments and agencies to use a process called ``recovery auditing'' to review the various payment transactions in order to check for erroneous overpayments. Some of it is completely innocent. It is just a process that sometimes does not work. H.R. 1827 represents a milestone in the effort to reduce the widespread waste and errors that do exist in various Federal programs and that are costing taxpayers billions of dollars each year. Last session, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton) held hearings on waste and mismanagement. He had witnesses from the Inspectors General of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development. Each of them testified about various program and management problems in their departments. One of the most prevalent involved erroneous payments.”