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Overview of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
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Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Prohibitions
All program participants must not:
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Extend, accept, or demand any gratuity or special favor for the purpose of influencing a decision or action of the recipient(s). |
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Enter into any agreement that includes a "kickback" of funds or anything else of value in exchange for or as consideration for the award of a contract for reconfiguration services. |
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Enter into any agreement that includes any artificially inflated prices, false statements of work, inaccurate inventory counts, incorrect descriptions of the reconfiguration services, or "goldplating" of the reconfigured facilities. |
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Employ, retain, or pay a contingent fee or commission to solicit or win the award of a contract for reconfiguration services, except to a bona fide employee or selling agency of the program participant. |
TA's Safeguards
For its part, the TA has implemented the following safeguards designed to detect and deter fraud, waste, abuse, or other illegality in the reconfiguration program:
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The TA will review and approve Requests for Planning Funding and Cost Estimates as a prerequisite for a licensee to expend funds for any system reconfiguration or related planning activities. |
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The TA may audit completed reconfigurations to ensure that actual funds expended are consistent with the approved Cost Estimates. |
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The Frequency Reconfiguration Agreement requires the incumbent licensee to certify that the funds requested are the minimum necessary to provide facilities comparable to those presently in use and that, to the best of its knowledge, any vendor costs listed in the Cost Estimate are comparable to costs that the vendor previously charged the incumbent licensee for similar work. |
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The TA will track and review costs and rates on a vendor-by-vendor basis. |
Representations to TA
Program participants are further reminded that all representations made to the TA are held to the same requirement of truth and candor as representations made to the FCC. Any representations to the TA found not to be true will be treated by the TA as a false statement and may become the subject of further investigation or other action, as appropriate.
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