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Overpayments with Recovery Agreements that Extend Beyond 2049

Submitting OIG: 
Social Security Administration OIG
Report Description: 
Objective: To (1) quantify the debt the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting (ROAR) system cannot track because it cannot process recovery actions beyond 2049; (2) assess the status of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) efforts to resolve the issues caused by its system limitation; and (3) project the growth in the number of overpayments, amount of untracked debt, and associated costs to process this workload through 2029.
Date Issued: 
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Agency Reviewed / Investigated: 
Social Security Administration
Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number: 
A-07-19-50775
Location(s): 
Agency-Wide
Type of Report: 
Audit
Questioned Costs: 
$0
Funds for Better Use: 
$1,240,312,343
Number of Recommendations: 
1
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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number Recommendation Status Significant Recommendation Additional Details
1 Open Yes
Establish consistent criteria to ensure it identifies existing overpayments for which the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting system deleted a portion of the overpayment balance as part of a plan to address the untracked debt amount when it implements a solution to the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting system limitation.
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