The American Five Year PlanThe rebuildRow 18
Ledger-verified fraud loss, share of rebuild outlays
Recovery Act: 144 convictions, about $1.9 million of $800 billionUnder 0.5% in every year
Guard% of outlays
Why this row
The Recovery Act moved $800 billion with 144 fraud convictions and about $1.9 million of proven loss, with under half a percent of funds ever under open investigation, because every award was public and every recipient reported. Across the federal government GAO now estimates fraud losses of $233 to $521 billion a year. A rebuild that moves money in 30 days to half a million small teams invites the charge that speed buys fraud, so this row guards the speed rows: the Ledger's own verified loss rate, held under the Recovery Act's investigated share in every year. The Act's integrity kill criterion is the enforcement: a breach in any segment freezes that segment's new awards.
The path
| 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
a ceiling in every year; a breach freezes the segment's new awards pending the Inspector General's remediation plan
Each July 4 the row shows its baseline, this path, the latest official value and a status of ahead, on schedule or behind. As a guard row, breaching it fails the rows it protects.