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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
A-07-19-50775
Report Description

Objective: To (1) quantify the debt the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting (ROAR) system cannot track because it cannot process recovery actions beyond 2049; (2) assess the status of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) efforts to resolve the issues caused by its system limitation; and (3) project the growth in the number of overpayments, amount of untracked debt, and associated costs to process this workload through 2029.

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
1
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$1,240,312,343

Open Recommendations

This report has 1 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
1 Yes $0 $1,240,312,343 Agree

Establish consistent criteria to ensure it identifies existing overpayments for which the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting system deleted a portion of the overpayment balance as part of a plan to address the untracked debt amount when it implements a solution to the Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting system limitation.

Social Security Administration OIG

United States