Objectives: To determine the validity of payments issued under cross-referred Social Security numbers and whether death information input in one Numident record was also input in cross-referred Numident record(s).
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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1 | Yes | $40,050 | $3,098 | Agree | |
Maximize technology (for example, develop automated program that compares Numident name, date of birth, sex designation, place of birth, parents’ names) to identify all instances where two different individuals’ Numident records are cross-referred and uncross-refer the records. | |||||
3 | Yes | $59,499,997 | $8,947,688 | Agree | |
Review all cases where the Numident records of beneficiaries in current payment status are cross-referred to deceased individuals’ Numident records and take action to correct the records. | |||||
4 | Yes | $0 | $0 | ||
Maximize technology (for example, develop automated program that compares Numident name, date of birth, sex designation, place of birth, parents’ names) to review the 2.4 million non-current payment status beneficiaries whose cross-referred Numident records contain death information, and input death information on their cross-referred record, as appropriate. | |||||
5 | Yes | $0 | $0 | Agree | |
Implement controls to prevent similar errors from occurring in the future. |