Detecting Waste and Abuse Through Data and Determination

When Congress started addressing the coronavirus pandemic with relief bills in 2020, billions of federal dollars started flowing to local and state governments to deal with the crisis. Now as these governments  shape their goals and priorities, they're turning to advances in machine learning, combined with automation, to effectively identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse cases, while ensuring transparency in government and the public.

As part of GovExec Media’s Roadmap to Modernization event recently, Route Fifty Senior Editor Bill Lucia spoke to Marty LaMar, Chief Economic Development Officer of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this episode, they talk about the importance of responsibly managing public funds.