Standards & Assurance Resources

Modernizing Systems with Blockchain to Reduce Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Government presents a comprehensive analysis of how blockchain technology, often combined with artificial intelligence, can strengthen transparency, accountability, and efficiency in government financial systems. The report highlights systemic challenges in public-sector financial management, including fragmented legacy systems, limited real-time oversight, reactive auditing practices, and vulnerabilities to fraud that may cost governments hundreds of billions annually.

Through detailed global use cases from U.S. Department of Defense logistics and Department of Energy grant oversight to UN humanitarian aid distribution, digital pension verification, land registries, and motor vehicle title management, the report demonstrates how blockchain’s immutable, time-stamped, and auditable ledgers can provide end-to-end traceability, automate compliance through smart contracts, and shift oversight from retrospective detection to proactive prevention. While technical feasibility has been proven in multiple pilots, the report emphasizes that cultural resistance to transparency and institutional inertia remain significant barriers, concluding that blockchain adoption can play a pivotal role in achieving stronger institutions aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.6.

This document describes the activities of DC-BAS in 2025 in accordance with standard requirements of UN IGF DCCG

Member Publications

The 2026 Public DLT and Blockchain Governance and Implementation PlayBook establishes a governance-first, evidence-driven framework for public-sector institutions considering, evaluating, or operating distributed ledger technologies (DLT). It is designed for senior decision-makers, auditors, regulators, procurement authorities, and program sponsors who bear fiduciary responsibility for public funds, statutory compliance, and institutional continuity.
This PlayBook does not advocate for blockchain adoption as a modernization default. Instead, it defines the conditions under which DLT systems may be responsibly justified, governed, tested, deployed, and—when evidence fails—paused or reversed without compromising legality, accountability, or public trust. Blockchain deployment is treated as a hypothesis requiring proof, not an inevitable technological progression.

The Blockchain Application Archectecture Working Group is working on a Blockchain Technology Certification Course. This course is being developed by experts from many blockchain ecosystems and being peer reviewed by the global community. Check back here for details as inforamtion about it is made availalble.