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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Social Security Administration OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Social Security Administration OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Social Security Administration
Report Number
062313
Report Description

Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration issued payments to beneficiaries who were deceased according to State Department records.

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
3
Questioned Costs
$37,816,696
Funds for Better Use
$4,926,099

Open Recommendations

This report has 3 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
1 Yes $37,816,696 $4,926,099 Agree

Review and take appropriate action (for example, verify the beneficiaries’ vital status, input death information, terminate payment records, initiate recovery of improper payments) on the remaining cases in our population of 1,596 beneficiaries reported as deceased in State Department records.

2 Yes $0 $0 Agree

Work with State Department officials and develop an electronic method to timely report death information for U.S. citizens who die abroad.

3 No $0 $0 Disagree

Work with State Department officials to timely forward reports of death abroad when State Department obtains a first-party report of death.

Social Security Administration OIG

United States