The National Procurement Fraud Task Force (NPFTF) is comprised of 58 member prosecutorial and investigative agencies including 35 Inspectors General. NPFTF and its members are committed to detecting, investigating and prosecuting procurement fraud, grant fraud and associated corruption. Chaired by Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division, the NPFTF’s aim is to intensify the government’s detection efforts and to continue prosecuting those who defraud taxpayers. Brian Miller, the Inspector General for GSA, is the Vice-Chair of NPFTF. The Director of NPFTF is Steve A. Linick, a Deputy Chief in the Department’s Criminal Division, Fraud Section.
NPFTF has established the following objectives relating to procurement fraud:
- Increase coordination and strengthen partnerships among all Inspectors General, law enforcement, and the Department of Justice to fight procurement fraud more effectively;
- Assess existing government-wide efforts to combat procurement fraud and work with audit staff and contracting staff both inside and outside of government to detect and report fraud;
- Increase and accelerate civil and criminal prosecutions and administrative actions to recover ill-gotten gains resulting from procurement fraud;
- Educate and inform the public about procurement fraud;
- Identify and remove barriers to preventing, detecting, and prosecuting procurement fraud;
- Encourage greater private sector participation in the prevention and detection of procurement fraud; and
- Evaluate and measure the performance of the Task Force to ensure accountability.
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