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Securities and Exchange Commission
Semiannual Report to Congress October 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016
Blockchain technology is a new way to transfer any kind of data or information in a fast, tracked, and secure manner without need for an intermediary. Major companies, such as Citibank and Australia Post, are beginning to research and experiment with this technology in order to provide new and more efficient services. The Postal Service could benefit from use of this technology – particularly regarding financial services, identity services, supply chain management, and device management – and should consider exploring and experimenting with it.
This report addresses the status of the Census Bureau’s (the Bureau’s) 2020 decennial program preparation and planning efforts. The Bureau maintains all known living quarters in the Master Address File (MAF). Each address in the MAF is linked to a geographic location in the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing database (TIGER), to create the MAF/TIGER database (MTdb). Our audit objectives were to (1) assess the methods and costs of continuously updating the MTdb; (2) determine how efforts, such as the 2015 Address Validation Test, support the accuracy of the MAF; and (3) evaluate the preparation of the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) program for the 2020 decennial census. This report focuses on risks identified for objective 1. A report on objectives 2 and 3 was released on February 23, 2016.
The lack of internal guidance and implementation of controls puts the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's (CSB) $11 million budget at risk.
States can prevent inappropriate payments, protect beneficiaries, and reduce time-consuming and expensive "pay and chase" activities by ensuring that providers that intend to engage in fraudulent or abusive activities are not allowed to enroll in Medicaid. For States to identify potentially fraudulent providers, as well as those that may be associated with excluded individuals or entities, providers must disclose accurate and timely information about their owners (i.e., individuals or corporations with a 5 percent or more ownership or controlling interest; agents; or managing employees). According to CMS, the highest incidence of regulatory noncompliance among State Medicaid programs is in their collection of ownership information from providers.
