The Department Complied with Payment Integrity Information Act Requirements for Fiscal Year 2023

We conducted this review to determine whether the U.S. Department of Commerce complied with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 (PIIA), which is intended to improve efforts to identify and reduce government-wide improper payments. Broadly defined, improper payments are those the federal government has made in an incorrect amount or to the wrong recipient. Improper payments can negatively impact the public’s trust in the federal government and distract from the benefits of federal programs. During fiscal year (FY) 2023, the Department reported approximately $22.5 million in overpayments identified for recapture and approximately $18.9 million in overpayments recovered. Our objective was to determine the Department’s compliance with PIIA for FY 2023. We also assessed the Department’s efforts related to preventing and reducing improper payments and unknown payments. We concluded that the Department complied with the PIIA criteria for FY 2023 based on our review. We did not identify any actions needed to further improve prevention and reduction measures within the Department.