Social Security Administration

Our objective was to (1) determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) made payments to beneficiaries and representative payees who were deceased according to Ohio Department of Health vital records and (2) identify non-beneficiaries in the State files whose death information did not...

Under a contract we monitored, Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton), an independent certified public accounting firm, conducted an audit to determine the effectiveness of selected information security controls for the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Disability Case Processing System (DCPS)...

We issued this to determine whether the Social Security Administration had adequately informed widow(er)s who were subject to government pension offset of their option to delay their application for widow(er)s benefits.

Our objective was 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 objective was to fulfill our responsibilities under the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act) (Pub. L. No. 101-576) and related legislation, we monitored Grant Thornton LLP's audit of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 financial statements to ensure the...

Our objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) notified the Department of Education (ED) about all beneficiaries with medical improvement not expected (MINE) disability status who may have been eligible for total and permanent disability (TPD) Federal student loan...

Our objective was to summarize and assess the most serious management and performance challenges facing the Social Security Administration (SSA).

Our objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) had adequate controls to ensure it properly adjusted the monthly benefit amounts of retired beneficiaries who worked before they attained full retirement age.

The objective of the performance audit was to determine whether SSA's overall information security program and practices were effective and consistent with Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) requirements, as defined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Our objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) had taken appropriate actions for disabled beneficiaries whose benefits it suspended for address development, whereabouts unknown, or miscellaneous reasons.