Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration took appropriate and timely action in response to representative payees’ alleged misuse of benefits.
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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1 | Yes | $0 | $1,417,220 | Agree | |
Take corrective action for the 135 allegations we identified in all three samples of our audit. | |||||
2 | Yes | $0 | $184,779,799 | Agree | |
Based on the results of its actions taken for sample allegations, take corrective action for the remaining population of 14,777 beneficiaries whose allegations were still pending. | |||||
5 | No | $0 | $0 | Agree | |
Establish a process to periodically follow up on the recovery of organizational payee overpayments established in the Social Security Online Accounting and Reporting System to ensure employees take additional action to recover misused benefits. | |||||
6 | No | $0 | $217,928 | Agree | |
Update SSA policy in the Program Operations Manual System to ensure employees are required to document formal misuse determinations when they review evidence. |