DOE gets $471,000 to detect and prevent timecard fraud at Hanford as part of settlement

CH2M Hill has finished paying $500,000 for systems to detect and deter timecard fraud at the Hanford nuclear reservation as part of a settlement agreement reached in 2013, according to the Department of Justice.

The company spent $29,000 for modifications to CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co.’s timecard system to allow automatic verification of time worked by the Department of Energy contractor’s employees.

The remaining $471,000 was paid directly to the Department of Energy. The money may be used only for additional systems to detect and deter timecard fraud and abuse at Hanford, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern Washington.

The agreement requires CH2M Hill to provide a full accounting of the $500,000 to ensure that it came from the company’s own money and was not charged directly or indirectly to the Department of Energy.

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