Social Security Administration

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration appropriately applied the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset. We also gathered information about the Agency’s efforts to obtain non-covered pension data for beneficiaries.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration properly processed windfall offset determinations.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration included the required whistleblower rights and protection language in contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration accurately processed manual actions related to the termination of benefits for Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance beneficiaries.

Objectives: To (1) determine whether the Social Security Administration had taken corrective action in response to the recommendation in our 2015 review of Self-employment Earnings Removed from the Master Earnings File and (2) review instances where SSA removed self-employment earnings from the...

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration accurately administered Statutory Benefit Continuation for beneficiaries who appealed the Agency’s medical cessation decisions.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s eligibility and payment determinations for Supplemental Security Income recipients who owned trusts were accurate.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration correctly processed workers’ compensation lump-sum settlements when they determined workers’ compensation offset of Disability Insurance benefits.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s policies and procedures prevented it from assigning multiple Social Security numbers to non-citizens who applied for original numbers through the Enumeration at Entry and Enumeration Beyond Entry processes.

Objectives: To determine whether the Social Security Administration (1) accurately and timely paid dedicated account funds to children receiving Supplemental Security Income and (2) properly monitored representative payees’ use of these funds.