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February 2025 US Public Sector Forum Meeting: Combating & Measuring Fraud: GAO’s Use of Ontology
Meeting Summary:
The EDM Council Public Sector Forum meeting on February 26th discussed the creation, development, and use of the GAO Fraud Ontology. The GAO Fraud Ontology was released as part of GAO’s Antifraud Resource and is a conceptual framework designed to provide a common language for defining fraud terms across the federal government.
The ontology was developed with EDM Council’s Data Innovation Lab after initial work by GAO to address the extent of fraud in the government showed that there was no consensus on the terminology used to describe it. The presentation highlighted the structures of ontologies and shows examples of how classes, subclasses, individuals, and properties connect with each other in the GAO Fraud Ontology. The presentation also guided using the ontology in the application Protégé and through SPARQL querying. Included are more resources for those interested in learning more about ontologies.
– Learn more about the GAO Anti-Fraud Resource: https://antifraud.
– Discover the GAO Anti-Fraud Ontology: https://antifraud.
Agenda:
- Welcome and updates
- Knowledge Series Presentation by Leia Dickerson, Taxonomy + Research Lead, and Nick Weeks, Senior Analyst, Forensic Audits and Investigative Service Team, United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- GAO’s Mission: The Government Accountability Office, the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress, exists to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the American people. GAO examines the use of public funds; evaluates federal programs and policies; and provides analyses, recommendations, and other assistance to help Congress make informed oversight, policy, and funding decisions. GAO’s commitment to good government is reflected in its core values of accountability, integrity, and reliability.
- Question & Answer / Forum Discussion
- Survey and next meeting information
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