Trump signed the executive order in the Oval Office on Monday, flanked by the vice president and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, who will serve as the task force’s vice chairman.
White House staff secretary Will Scharf emphasized that the task force aims to root out “widespread revelations of fraud in federally-funded programs in states like Minnesota and California,” and potentially return billions or possibly hundreds of billions of dollars to taxpayers.
“This is going to launch a whole-of-government approach to rooting out the very serious problem of fraud in federally-funded programs around the country,” Scharf said.
The order directs the task force to establish a national strategy to end waste, fraud, and abuse in federal benefit programs, including in cash assistance, food, housing, and medical care programs, a White House fact sheet notes.
“The Task Force will coordinate measures to improve eligibility verification, implement pre-payment controls, detect high-risk fraud trends, and disrupt and dismantle fraud networks and the mechanisms through which fraud is committed,” the document states.
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