Given the Chairman’s support of whistleblowers, TAF is confident that these recommendations will be given every consideration.

“Today, the vast majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee decided to protect taxpayer dollars from fraud.”

These amendments breathed new life into the Civil War-era law, turning it into the federal government’s most effective fraud-fighting tool.

All too often, whistleblowers who disclose fraud to their employers, law enforcement, or government agencies suffer retaliation.

In creating this daily blog project, Fraud By The Numbers, we have documented three key facts.

Fraud whistleblowing works, and it remains the most effective tool in preventing fraud on the government.

In 2019, less than 0.25% of civil cases filed involved False Claims Act violations.

When you look at the actual numbers, whistleblowers recover far less for doing the right thing.

The U.S. government spends the net worth of the world’s richest person every year on things other than healthcare and defense.

The federal government sets a goal of awarding 23 percent of contracts to small businesses each year.