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FAIRFAX, Va., Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CGI Federal Inc . (CGI), a wholly-owned U.S. operating subsidiary of CGI Inc. (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A), today announced that the CGI Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA) Prevention Platform is now available through the Financial Management Quality Service Management Office (FM QSMO) Marketplace on the U.S. General Services Administration's Multiple Award Schedule. Developed in partnership with TrackLight Inc. and running on Amazon Web Serv

The Trump administration has made fraud a buzzword in Washington and tasked the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, with eliminating it from the federal government.  But the government's fraud problem is much more complex and costly than most realize, according to Linda Miller, who spent a decade at the Government Accountability Office and wrote the rulebook on preventing fraud in federal programs.  Fraud is a crime, and Miller believes the cost to taxpayers is com

Greg Loos and Linda Miller are the CEO and chief growth officer, respectively, of the company that brings AI to the fight against the rampant fraud and abuse of government payments that mushroomed during the pandemic. Two technology executives in the gov tech cybersecurity sector have joined forces on a startup that’s officially launching this week. Greg Loos Greg Loos , formerly with Pondera Solutions (now part of Thomson Reuters ), and Linda Miller , who’s got a deep backgr

It’s 2025 and we need to talk about AI.  Kelly speaks to Chief Product Officer at Tracklight, to discuss the impact of AI on fraud detection and prevention. Amanda recounts her career journey from aspiring lawyer to law enforcement officer, then making significant leaps into tech startups and AI-driven fraud prevention. She emphasizes the importance of using AI to think like fraudsters for proactive measures, detailing how Tracklight leverages AI for public benefit programs.

TrackLight is an AI-assisted fraud detection startup in El Dorado Hills that uses specialized AI models, machine learning and a library of 3,000 fraud schemes to scan open-source records to fight fraud, waste and abuse in government programs and for other customers. Greg Loos is CEO of fraud detection startup TrackLight. https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/inno/stories/awards/2025/01/01/startups-to-watch-2025-tracklight.html

The Office of Management and Budget published its annual governmentwide report on improper payments, but a fraud expert says they aren’t entirely reliable. Improper payments, which put taxpayer dollars at risk, have been a long-term issue for the federal government, but they declined over the past year. However, there is more than meets the eye on this, according to a fraud risk expert.  Last Wednesday, the Office of Management and Budget published  its annual governmentwide

In this exclusive interview, Ethisphere Editor in Chief Bill Coffin speaks with Linda Miller , Principal, Advisory Services, Grant Thornton LLP, and Paul Sobel , Chairman of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) about the current state of fraud risk management, the development of a new COSO fraud risk management guide, and how life after COVID-19 is changing the fraud risk landscape for everyone. What does today’s fraud risk landscape look like, especially after s

If you weren’t aware that fraud and improper payments have become an urgent crisis in government programs, then you haven’t been paying attention. Improper payments during FY 2021 were estimated to be about $281 billion — a $75 billion increase from FY 2020 and more than double the amount reported in FY 2017. And while the pandemic created the opportunity for the most fraud in our nation’s history, this problem will not end with the pandemic. It’s time for Congress to create

Total improper payments have steadily increased since 2013 by $100 billion, from $106 billion to $206 billion. In October, the Office of Management and Budget published a guide for federal agencies to help them determine where to focus their efforts to reduce improper payments. The guide provides a complicated framework for calculating the extent that an agency’s improper payments are within its control and a method for conducting a quantitative analysis of the cost-benefit t

When I got the call asking if I would consider leaving my private sector consulting job to help lead the newly created Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, I didn’t hesitate. The country was in the midst of the worst health and financial crisis in a generation so ensuring effective oversight of trillions of federal dollars felt like a public service calling. Having spent 10 years in government oversight—at the Government Accountability Office, where I spearheaded the d

A risk-management framework is an essential starting point. Fraud is a persistent and growing problem for government programs. It costs taxpayers billions of dollars and erodes public trust in government institutions. In fiscal year 2014, the government paid out nearly $125 billion improperly, nearly $20 billion more than it improperly paid out the previous year. Certain programs, such Medicare and Medicaid, are especially vulnerable to fraud given the large amount of funds a