The Social Security Administration's Controls over the Modernized Development Worksheets

Submitting OIG:

Report Description:

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s employees timely and accurately completed actions requested in Modernized Development Worksheets.

Date Issued:

Monday, September 18, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Social Security Administration

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

A-02-22-51157

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

$841,409,257

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
1	Open	No
Update policy to require that employees process Modernized Development Worksheet (MDW) requests within set timeframes.
2	Open	Yes
Implement controls to ensure employees take all actions requested before they close MDWs.
3	Open	No
Create system alerts to notify employees when multiple MDW requests are created for the same issue for the same beneficiary.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

Update policy to require that employees process Modernized Development Worksheet (MDW) requests within set timeframes.

Open

Yes

Implement controls to ensure employees take all actions requested before they close MDWs.

Open

Create system alerts to notify employees when multiple MDW requests are created for the same issue for the same beneficiary.

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The Social Security Administration's Controls over the Modernized Development Worksheets

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