GSA Joins Vance Anti-Fraud Task Force Overseeing $126 Billion in Contracts

4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 28

$126 billion in federal contracts now fall more directly under the White House anti-fraud push after the General Services Administration joined Vice President JD Vance’s task force.
GSA said it will contribute procurement data, acquisition expertise and cross-agency coordination to detect high-risk fraud patterns and tighten oversight across federal purchasing.
The move extends a task force created in March by President Donald Trump to curb fraud, waste and abuse in programs including Medicare and Medicaid through data sharing and stronger payment controls.
Early actions already include eight arrests in California tied to more than $50 million in alleged healthcare fraud and $1.4 billion withheld from home health and hospice providers under suspicion.
The expansion also puts scrutiny on federal contracting itself after a February inspector general report warned agencies using GSA schedule contracts risked overpaying because of contracting failures and inaccurate contractor data.

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