Audit of the Railroad Retirement Board's Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 in the Fiscal Year 2016 Performance and Accountability Report

Date Issued

Friday, May 12, 2017

Submitting OIG

Railroad Retirement Board OIG

Other Participating OIGs

Railroad Retirement Board OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Railroad Retirement Board

Report Number

17-05

Report Type

Audit

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

$19,000,000

Funds for Better Use

Open Recommendations

This report has 2 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use	Additional Details
17-052	No	$19,000,000	$0	Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.
We recommend that the Office of Programs revise its computation for application of improper payment percentages for the Railroad Retirement Act program associated with initial and post underpayments to ensure that they are separately applied to the applicable components in Railroad Retirement Board calculations of the total improper payments.
17-051	No	$0	$0	Management does not concur with this recommendation. This recommendation remains open because the Office of Inspector General for the Railroad Retirement Board continues to see the need for the recommended corrective action.
We recommend that the Bureau of Fiscal Operations take the actions as required by Office of Management and Budget guidance in regard to noncompliance for third consecutive year for the same program to ensure that Railroad Retirement Board programs for vendor payments and employee payments are brought into compliance.