Objective: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s policies and procedures prevented it from assigning multiple Social Security numbers to non-citizens who applied for original numbers through the Enumeration at Entry and Enumeration Beyond Entry processes.
Open Recommendations
Recommendation Number | Significant Recommendation | Recommended Questioned Costs | Recommended Funds for Better Use | Additional Details | |
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1 | Yes | $0 | $0 | Agree | |
Cross-reference the 1,185 non-citizens’ records with multiple Social Security Numbers (SSN). | |||||
2 | No | $0 | $0 | Agree | |
Revise policy to require that technicians conduct additional research for existing SSN records of non-citizens. | |||||
3 | No | $0 | $0 | Disagree | |
Implement a control to ensure employees follow policy when they clear alerts that result in improper assignment of SSNs. | |||||
4 | No | $0 | $0 | Disagree | |
Work with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Department of State (State) to update the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) to include a quality review program that ensures accurate data are provided. Additionally, the MOUs should include training of DHS and State employees, when needed. | |||||
5 | No | $0 | $0 | Disagree | |
Design and implement a quality review plan to monitor the enumeration data received via Enumeration at Entry and Enumeration Beyond Entry and develop training for DHS and State employees based on the inaccurate enumeration data. |