{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "deskKey": "GAO-25-107088:recommendation-1",
  "title": "A government-wide anti-scam strategy",
  "page": "https://america.co/oversight/government-wide-anti-scam-strategy",
  "selectedAction": "Recommendation 1",
  "actorType": "agency",
  "owner": "FBI Director, coordinating with CFPB, FTC, Treasury and other agencies",
  "source": {
    "report": "GAO-25-107088",
    "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-25-107088",
    "published": "2025-04-08",
    "publiclyReleased": "2025-04-08",
    "consulted": "2026-10-05",
    "statusInConsultedSource": "Open",
    "latestSelectedCommentAsOf": "2026-06"
  },
  "progressSummary": "In its June 2026 comment, GAO reports the FBI’s participation in a national coordination effort after a March executive order. The FBI said it paused work on this recommendation while responding to that order’s action-plan requirement. GAO continued to call for a comprehensive government-wide strategy addressing scams.",
  "annualContext": {
    "report": "GAO-26-108505",
    "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108505",
    "published": "2026-05-12",
    "benefitType": "service-improvement",
    "estimateAsReported": "Not quantified in annual example",
    "timeHorizon": "No financial horizon supplied",
    "estimateAttribution": "GAO 2026 annual report",
    "scope": "Topic-level; not a price tag solely on the selected action",
    "basis": "The annual report identifies improved prevention, detection, and coordination. It does not provide a dollar savings forecast for this topic. That absence is an unknown estimate, not zero public value."
  },
  "boundary": "A task force, announcement, or cyber-only plan is not proof that the selected comprehensive strategy has been implemented. Suspicious activity amounts and reported losses are different measures; neither is treated here as money recovered.",
  "evidenceToCloseSummary": "A comprehensive strategy whose scope, responsibilities, resources, data standards, and implementation evidence satisfy GAO’s recommendation. Official GAO closure is separate from an agency’s statement of progress.",
  "proposedEvaluation": {
    "notOfficialProcedure": true,
    "test": "Walk a hypothetical report through the public-facing system: where does a person start, who receives it, what happens next, and how are duplicate reports handled? Use invented test details, not real victim information.",
    "questions": [
      "Which scam categories are included—and which are excluded?",
      "Can agencies explain handoffs and accountability in a single public document?",
      "Are prevention outcomes measured separately from reports, investigations, and recovered funds?"
    ]
  },
  "cashAvailable": false,
  "actualSavingsAsserted": false,
  "coverage": "One selected action; not every recommendation in the report",
  "compiler": "America.co public-resource desk; AI-assisted; no expert review claimed"
}