Opportunity
Federal Register #2026-12147
Treasury Department Proposes New System of Records for Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Tip Intake and Referral
Buyer
Treasury Department
Posted
June 17, 2026
Respond By
July 17, 2026
Identifier
2026-12147
This notice from the Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices, announces the proposal to establish a new system of records for handling tips related to waste, fraud, and abuse in federal programs. - Government Buyer: - Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices - Purpose: - Establishment of a system titled "Treasury .032--Federal Program Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Tip Intake and Referral Records" - System will collect, maintain, review, triage, and refer tips, complaints, allegations, and supporting information from the public - Aims to support detection and referral of suspected waste, fraud, abuse, improper payments, misuse of federal funds, or other misconduct - Records will be used to determine the appropriate agency or entity for further review, investigation, or enforcement - No OEMs or vendors are mentioned - No products or services are being requested for procurement - Notice is informational, focusing on administrative recordkeeping and privacy practices
Description
The Department of the Treasury proposes to establish a new system of records titled "Department of the Treasury, Treasury .032--Federal Program Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Tip Intake and Referral Records." This system will enable Treasury to receive, maintain, review, triage, and refer tips, complaints, allegations, leads, supporting information, and related correspondence submitted by the public concerning suspected waste, fraud, abuse, improper payments, misuse of Federal funds, or other misconduct affecting Federal programs. The records will be used to determine the appropriate Federal agency, inspector general, law enforcement agency, or other authorized entity for review, investigation, audit, oversight, enforcement, recovery, program integrity, or other lawful action. Comments on the proposal are due by July 17, 2026, and the system will be effective upon publication with routine uses effective on July 17, 2026 unless changes are necessary.