Social Security Administration

Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of the Social Security Administration’s controls over the recording of death information on the Numident database for deceased beneficiaries.

To report internal control weaknesses, noncompliance issues, and unallowable costs identified in the single audit to the Social Security Administration (SSA) for resolution action.

Our objectives were to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) (1) took timely and appropriate actions in response to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deportation alerts; (2) paid Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits to individuals DHS reported as...

To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) had adequate controls to ensure it paid child beneficiaries’ withheld benefits pending the selection of a representative payee.

To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) had adequate controls to ensure it establishedthe correct primary insurance amount (PIA) for widow(er)s when a wage earner died before age 62.

To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) established the correct month of entitlement (MOE) when it awarded Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits.

To assess the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) management of the Plan to Achieve Self-Support (PASS) program and its vulnerability to misuse.

To determine the accuracy of Social Security disability benefits paid to beneficiaries who also received Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) payments.

Objective: To respond to questions from the Subcommittee on Social Security regarding how many employees and visitors had entered Social Security Administration (SSA) offices since the Agency closed its offices; what work was being performed in the offices; and how SSA was ensuring the safety of...