Social Security Administration

Our objective was to (1) determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) made payments to beneficiaries and/or representative payees who were deceased according to Maine or Rhode Island records and (2) identify non-beneficiaries in the State files whose death information did not appear in...

Our objective was to determine the amount of Social Security benefits misdirected because of unauthorized my Social Security direct deposit changes through May 2018.

Our objective was to determine the effectiveness of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) controls to account for and monitor court-ordered restitutions.

We issued this to determine whether overpayments were improperly posted under Social Security numbers (SSN) where the Social Security Administration (SSA) suspended or terminated Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits.

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

Our objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) should have resolved Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance overpayments that were pending collection for miscellaneous reasons.

We issued this to determine the effectiveness of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) controls for identifying potentially fraudulent Internet Claims (iClaim).

We issued this to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) had adequate controls to ensure it paid dedicated account underpayments to children receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments.

We issued this to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) processed returned Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits according to policy.