Department of Government Efficiency - Financial Audit Platform
Dashboard Summary
Total Records
Total Spending
Date Range
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Houston Total Spending by Year
Top 10 Vendors 2024
Financial Fraud Audit
Run comprehensive fraud detection analysis using statistical methods including Benford's Law, duplicate detection, outlier analysis, vendor concentration, and split transaction detection.
Running fraud detection analysis...
Audit Results
Benford's Law Analysis
Detected Anomalies
Past Audit Reports
Fraud Alerts
Vendor Analysis
Analyze vendor payment patterns and concentration risk.
Vendor Concentration Risk
Related Party Transaction Finder
Cross-reference government officials, their business interests, and family connections against city vendors and contractors to uncover conflicts of interest.
Government Officials & Employees
Add officials to cross-reference against vendor payments. Include their business interests and family connections for comprehensive conflict-of-interest detection.
Vendor Entities
Vendor records are auto-populated from payment data. Add principals (owners, officers, directors) to enable related-party matching.
Kickback Detection
Analyze payment patterns for indicators of kickbacks, bid-rigging, and corrupt procurement. Detects contract steering, round-number invoices, shell company indicators, end-of-period spending surges, and suspicious vendor velocity changes.
Analyzing payment patterns for kickback indicators...
Findings by Category
Contract Steering
Vendors receiving a dominant share of a spending category, suggesting contracts are being directed without competitive bidding.
Round-Number Invoices
Vendors with an unusually high percentage of round-dollar invoices, which can indicate fabricated billing.
Shell Company Indicators
Vendors showing multiple characteristics of shell companies: single department, short active period, few large transactions.
Bid Rotation / Rigging
Vendors alternating as top payees year-over-year in a pattern consistent with collusive bid-rigging.
End-of-Period Spending Surges
Unusually large payments clustered at the end of fiscal periods, potentially rushing payments before budget expiration.
Payment Velocity Spikes
Vendors experiencing sudden, dramatic increases in payment volume and amount year-over-year.
Data Sources
Manage and monitor financial data sources for continuous auditing.
External Data Sources
Pull data from external government databases to enhance fraud detection. Auto-populate employee records, check vendor debarment status, look up business ownership, and cross-reference campaign finance data.
Houston Employee Roster
Import city employee data from Houston's Open Data Portal to auto-populate government official records for conflict-of-interest scanning.
SAM.gov Debarment Check
Cross-reference vendors against the federal SAM.gov exclusion list to identify debarred or suspended contractors receiving city payments. Requires SAM_GOV_API_KEY environment variable.
Texas Business Entity Lookup
Look up vendor business registrations through the Texas Comptroller to verify entity status, formation dates, and registered agents.
Campaign Finance Cross-Reference
Search Texas Ethics Commission campaign contribution data to find links between city vendors and elected officials. Flags potential pay-to-play arrangements.
