WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oversight of America’s welfare system is still falling short of protecting taxpayers and preventing waste, fraud and abuse, according to two new watchdog reports. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must do more to monitor states’ use of welfare funding under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program – including strengthening the department’s fraud risk management efforts to ...
