7 min read To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe in PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts. The best listening experience on desktop can be found using Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Improper payments increased by $31 billion in fiscal 2020 as compared to 2019. New data from the Office of Management and Budget shows agencies improperly paid out $206 billion last year up from $175 billion in 2019. Of that $206 billion, OMB said agencies determined they could recapture almost $47 billion. In the end, agencies brought back about 47%, or about $22 billion to the Treasury after overpaying citizens or businesses. OMB gave agencies new guidance in March to further implement the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019.