Renata Miskell - Senior Advisor to the Chief Data and Analytics Officer for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Todd Watson - Director Network Processing, USPS OIG
Alana Daly - Program Analyst , Network Processing Directorate, USPS OIG
Moderator: Emily Jarvis - Senior Manager for Events, NextGen Leadership Program Director, GovLoop
One of the missions of government offices of inspector general (OIG) is to detect and root out fraud. The type of misuse of government funds can range from disaster recovery, procurement, labor racketeering, unemployment insurance, and tax fraud, to name a few.
The pandemic has raised the bar on fraud prevention, and this discussion will feature a team of experts from two agencies who have played pivotal roles during this period of social distance.
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The Health and Human Services OIG investigates fraud In Federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Fraud diverts scarce resources meant to pay for the care of patients and other beneficiaries into the pockets of fraudsters.
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The U.S. Postal Service OIG works to maintain the integrity of the U.S. mail. We’ll hear from a team of experts about combating election fraud.
This panel will discuss and demonstrate the off the shelf technology tools they are using to conduct criminal, civil, and administrative investigations of fraud and misconduct.
There is 1 CEUs available for this program.
- Using state-of-the-art tools and technology in investigations and audits around the country.
- Delineate data science techniques that investigators use to detect vulnerabilities, assign risk scores, and identify bad actors.
- Demonstrate state-of-the-art tools and technology used in investigations and audits.
- Discuss methods to facilitate the ability to monitor large volumes of data to identify patterns pointing to potential fraud.