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This guide sets out the dataset specifications for the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) 2026 to 2027 national exercise and NFI council tax single person discount 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 exercises.
Guidance on countering fraud against the public sector from the International Public Sector Fraud Forum.
Purpose This Framework sets out key principles and processes for…
Purpose Fraud is a serious, underestimated and often unchecked problem.…
The International Public Sector Fraud Forum The International Public…
Information about timescales, important dates and deadlines for organisations taking part in the National Fraud Initiative.
Activity Who How Timing Issue DRAFT data specifications for each data set…
Timetable for the NFI Council Tax 2025/2026 exercise (Single Person…
How to carry out a fraud risk assessment (FRA) in central government.
The following notices set out how we will use your personal data and your rights.
The FRA Accelerator is an AI tool designed to support public bodies in their identification of fraud risks in their schemes, policies, and programmes.
This page includes guidance on how the Public Sector Fraud Authority may contact you.
The counter fraud standards and guidance are designed to present a consistent cross-government approach to countering fraud; raise the capability of individuals and, through this, increase the quality of organisations’ count…
The Code of Data Matching Practice explains the data matching work the NFI does.
These case studies from the public and private sectors give an idea of the type of fraud that NFI can help organisations identify.
Guidance for counter fraud professionals with responsibility for overseeing the counter fraud function within their department or organisation
These guides outline the dataset specifications for the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) pilots.
Fraud Prevention Standard for Counter Fraud Professionals
A guide to the IFIA assessment process, when and how to complete and the benefits of IFIA as part of new major spend activity
This document is part of the wider Government Counter Fraud Standards and Guidance, which cover all the core disciplines and subdisciplines in the Government Counter Fraud Framework
This guide is produced to support the development of your Counter Fraud Strategy.
This is part of the wider Government Counter Fraud Standards and Guidance, which cover all the core disciplines and subdisciplines in the Government Counter Fraud Framework
This document is part of the wider Government Counter Fraud Standards and Guidance, which cover all the core disciplines and subdisciplines in the Government Counter Fraud Framework.
This standard contains the agreed professional standards and guidance for HMG departments and the Counter Bribery and Corruption Professional
This guide is produced to support the development of the response to Bribery and Corruption in the public sector.
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