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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-13-18-50712
Report Description

The objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) complied with its policies and procedures for allegations of misuse by individual representative payees (payee) who served 14 or fewer beneficiaries. Specifically, we examined SSA’s negligence determinations and whether it reimbursed beneficiaries and obtained restitution of misused funds from payees.

Report Type
Audit
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
8
Questioned Costs
$2,037,564
Funds for Better Use
$238,060

Open Recommendations

This report has 2 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
4 No $0 $106,435

Complete the planned update of the debt collection system to allow recovery of overpayments for non-entitled debtors.

6 No $1,925,118 $113,851

Take corrective action for the remaining 1,208 beneficiaries we identified in Sample Frame 1 to (a) determine whether it used all its available collection tools to obtain restitution and (b) reimburse beneficiaries, as applicable, when it collected restitution from payees.

Social Security Administration OIG

United States