Social Security Administration

Objective: Our objectives were to summarize the results of prior audits and provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) recommendations to improve its financial management oversight of states’ disability determination services (DDS).

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) corrective actions in response to our prior audit effectively improved its processing of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) non-wage-related alerts.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) made payments to beneficiaries who were deceased according to Utah records.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Information Technology Investment Process (ITIP) supports strategic decision making and allows the Agency to plan for, manage, and implement information technology (IT) investments as projected.

Background: We conducted this review to determine the extent to which the data files the Social Security Administration (SSA) provided the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to facilitate economic impact payments (EIP) under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) were accurate and complete when...

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) implemented appropriate controls and practices to manage its Agile software development projects.

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) took appropriate follow-up actions when spouses and widow(er)s reported they would be entitled to a non-covered pension in the future.