Recommendations/● attention· Risk escalation· Priority: Now

Confirm closeout for high-value recipients with no recent VA award action.

The dataset shows 3,565 matches for this pattern; the 50 largest are cited here — recipients that received substantial VA obligations and have had no VA award action for at least 36 months — $4.2B in total. Silence is not evidence of non-performance; it is the prompt to confirm closeout, final invoices and any unliquidated obligations. The recommendation is grounded in 50 pattern-detector matches across the VA award data. Each cited match links back to specific source records, so every dollar in the headline can be re-added from them. Dollars are obligations on the cited records, not estimated losses.

Net obligations involved
$4.2B
Matches cited
50
Top severity
attention
Patterns
1

Net obligations involved is the sum of the cited matches' obligations (commitments recorded on USAspending.gov). It is the scale of the records to review, not an estimate of loss, improper payment or recoverable money; totals across recommendations can overlap.

Risk overview

Likelihood
● moderate
Impact
● high
Composite
Critical
Regulatory exposure

Eligibility, exclusion and registration requirements (38 U.S.C. 8127, FAR 9.405, FAR 4.1102) apply at award; an unexplained gap is a question for the contract file, and any resulting improper payment would be reportable under the Payment Integrity Information Act.

Operational risk

The later a gap is found, the harder it is to remedy through options, terminations or recoveries.

Reputational risk

Awards to ineligible or excluded parties in veteran programs draw sustained oversight attention.

Justification & audit trail

50 cited matches · $4.2B in net obligations involved

The dataset shows 3,565 matches for this pattern; the 50 largest are cited here — recipients that received substantial VA obligations and have had no VA award action for at least 36 months — $4.2B in total. Silence is not evidence of non-performance; it is the prompt to confirm closeout, final invoices and any unliquidated obligations. The recommendation is grounded in 50 pattern-detector matches across the VA award data. Each cited match links back to specific source records, so every dollar in the headline can be re-added from them. Dollars are obligations on the cited records, not estimated losses.

Key metrics
  • net_obligations
    $2.4M
    source: app.award_current
  • last_action_date
    2007-12-21
    source: app.award_current
  • net_obligations
    $125M
    source: app.award_current
  • last_action_date
    2008-04-15
    source: app.award_current
  • net_obligations
    $9.9M
    source: app.award_current
  • last_action_date
    2008-06-12
    source: app.award_current
Source rows (10 cited)
SourceRowFieldValue
app.award_currentXCCXKR8MDSA7net_obligations2,396,574
app.award_currentXCCXKR8MDSA7last_action_date2007-12-21
app.award_currentFNTMBDZ5DBC7net_obligations125,239,580
app.award_currentFNTMBDZ5DBC7last_action_date2008-04-15
app.award_currentUAY6EMHGK681net_obligations9,874,700
app.award_currentUAY6EMHGK681last_action_date2008-06-12
app.award_currentPJMCU7UNH8K5net_obligations16,046,735
app.award_currentPJMCU7UNH8K5last_action_date2008-06-13
app.award_currentHNMAT33GMHB3net_obligations38,530,000
app.award_currentHNMAT33GMHB3last_action_date2008-06-19

Timeline & dependencies

Start offset
+76 days
Duration
90 days
Depends on
1 rec
Milestones
  1. D+14Audit committee briefed
  2. D+45Evidence pack assembled
  3. D+90Decision recorded
Depends on

Calibrated next steps

  1. 01Confirm each recipient's final awards were closed out and unliquidated balances deobligated.
  2. 02Check SAM.gov status and successor entities for recipients that no longer appear.
Based on patterns
Recipients No Longer ActiveView all matches