{"article":{"annotation":{"article_id":"treasury-reports-fy2026-payment-verification-results","available_at":"2026-10-07T03:14:20.032450Z","geography_revision":"ef6ee0010dda5fe7b240fd514749b43e214c57da73222d2e40ec83b276dd0977","id":"5e08f99e575ecf0b771e5f89fd74e2f79574144c9bc5cfb022a9529bd83eb959","input_sha256":"92b254551e2dc65b331a2a2e90d03343e09771063cea79c47f5c0aad3e621c9e","limitations":["Rule-derived subjects are candidates, not verified editorial labels or calibrated model probabilities.","Coverage is distinct from event location. 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Treasury reported that the checks identified and returned roughly 13,500 payments totaling $175 million that otherwise would have gone to deceased individuals.","The department also said access to its Do Not Pay data expanded to about 99% of federal programs, from about 4% at the end of fiscal 2025, and that it screened more than 2.3 billion records. Treasury says the new bank-account and taxpayer-ID checks became fully operational on September 30; the figures are agency-reported results, not an independent audit."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-07T00:57:10+03:00","language":"en","text":"German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article."},{"at":"2026-10-07T05:58:55+03:00","language":"en","text":"Data classification added: each figure now carries a measure identifier with its unit, geography, frequency and type. 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Näherungswerte und Untergrenzen wie „mehr als 1,1 Milliarden“ bleiben erhalten; es sind Angaben der Behörde.","en":"FY2026 results are transcribed from the release. Approximate values and lower bounds such as “more than 1.1 billion” are retained; these are agency-reported figures.","es":"Los resultados del año fiscal 2026 proceden del comunicado. Se mantienen aproximaciones y mínimos como «más de 1.100 millones»; son cifras comunicadas por la agencia.","fr":"Les résultats de l’exercice 2026 sont repris du communiqué. Les approximations et minimums comme « plus de 1,1 milliard » sont conservés ; il s’agit de chiffres déclarés par l’agence.","pt":"Resultados do ano fiscal de 2026 transcritos do comunicado. Valores aproximados e limites inferiores como “mais de 1,1 bilhão” são mantidos; são dados informados pela agência.","tr":"Mali yıl 2026 sonuçları kaynak açıklamadan aktarılmıştır. 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