Social Security Administration

Objective: To determine the impact of state workers’ compensation and public disability benefits’ reverse offset on SSA’s Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s employees timely and accurately completed actions requested in Modernized Development Worksheets.

determine whether the Office of Hearing Operations’ Compassionate And REsponsive Service Plan initiatives have reduced the hearings backlog and average processing times.

We identified 1,111 spouses who were receiving Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits but did not appear to have a child in their care. These spouses may not have been entitled to the benefits they were receiving.

Objective: To determine the accuracy of the Social Security Administration’s eligibility and payment determinations for Supplemental Security Income applicants and/or recipients who own real property.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration had and used management controls over the service its 800 number employees provided callers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration issued payments to beneficiaries who were deceased according to Oregon records.

Objectives: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) completed counts for program integrity and hearings workloads in Fiscal Years 2017 through 2021 were complete and accurate. In addition, we determined whether SSA’s spending exceeded dedicated funding amounts for program...

The report provides information for administrative law judge trends for Fiscal Years 2018 through 2022.

The comments are in response to The Social Security Administration’s Oversight of Beneficiaries Who Receive Benefits Under the Direct Express® Debit Card Program, A-04-20-50977, that was submitted by Comerica Bank on July 25, 2023 pursuant to Pub. L. No. 117- 263, § 5274.