The Institute of Museum and Library Services

An important part of the IMLS’s program integrity efforts design to prevent, identify, and reduce improper payments, is integrating the Treasury Department’s Do Not Pay (DNP) Business Center into our existing processes. IMLS utilizes the DNP Business Center to perform online searches, screen payments against the DNP databases, and augment Office of Financial Management’s data analytics capabilities.

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Using the DNP Business Center helps IMLS to improve the quality and integrity of information within our financial system. ESC engaged the DNP Analytics Services to match our vendor records with the Death Master File (DMF) which enabled them to classify the vendor records into risk-based categories for further evaluation. ESC deactivated the highest risk vendor records, thereby decreasing the likelihood of improper payments to deceased individuals.

The Working System has not reduced/prevented improper payments:

IMLS has not identitied incorrect information in the Working System.

IMLS was found compliant during the most recent PIIA compliance review.

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Compliant programs:

  • 21st Century Museum Professional Program
  • American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative
  • Grants to States
  • Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
  • Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
  • Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture
  • Museums for America
  • National Leadership Grants for Libraries
  • National Leadership Grants for Museums
  • Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services
  • Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program

Program name When was the last improper payment risk assessment conducted? Likely to be susceptible to significant improper payments? Substantial changes made to the assessment methodology used for the reporting cycle
21st Century Museum Professional Program *
American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative *
Grants to States 2025 No No
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program 2025 No No
Museum Grants for African American History and Culture *
Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture *
Museums for America 2025 No No
National Leadership Grants for Libraries 2025 No No
National Leadership Grants for Museums 2024 No No
Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services *
Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program *

* Assessment year is not displayed because one or more of the following statements is true:

  1. Not required to conduct a risk assessment under the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019,
  2. Already assessed for improper payment risk under a different name in a prior reporting period, and/or
  3. New and planning to perform a risk assessment in the future.