# DOJ Builds National Fraud Detection Center

The U.S. Department of Justice has established a National Fraud Enforcement Division and is building a National Fraud Detection Center to coordinate investigations and analyze data shared across federal agencies and participating states. The effort is intended to identify fraud earlier, including procurement fraud, false claims, healthcare, grants, and trade-related activity. No solicitation, contract value, procurement timeline, or agency contact is identified in the signals, so this is an enforcement and data-coordination development rather than a defined contracting opportunity.

- Contractors should strengthen fraud-prevention controls and maintain audit-ready records, since more coordinated data analysis may lead to earlier scrutiny of government-related activity.
- Procurement teams and contractors working in healthcare, grants, trade, or federal programs should account for the initiative’s cross-agency scope when reviewing internal controls and supporting documentation.
- Technology and professional-services firms should not treat the announcement as an active solicitation; the signals identify no specific acquisition requirement or contracting vehicle.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology, Public Safety
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 03, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
- National Fraud Enforcement Division
- National Fraud Detection Center

### Key Quotes
> And so it looks like this National Fraud Detection Center is designed to be a place where there can be inter-agency cooperation and data sharing across a number of different federal agencies.
> — Matt Hanson, Partner at King & Spalding

### Sources
- [
        Government usually chases fraud after it’s found, the Justice Department is betting data can find fraud first - Federal News Network](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/podcast/federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-podcast/government-usually-chases-fraud-after-its-found-the-justice-department-is-betting-data-can-find-fraud-first) - Federal News Network
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        The Justice Department is betting data can find fraud earlier - Federal News Network](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/reorganization/2026/10/government-usually-chases-fraud-after-its-found-the-justice-department-is-betting-data-can-find-fraud-first) - Federal News Network