Funds Dedicated to Address Program Integrity and Hearings Backlog Workloads

Submitting OIG:

Report Description:

Objectives: To determine whether the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) completed counts for program integrity and hearings workloads in Fiscal Years 2017 through 2021 were complete and accurate. In addition, we determined whether SSA’s spending exceeded dedicated funding amounts for program integrity and hearings backlog workloads.

Date Issued:

Monday, August 14, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Social Security Administration

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

A-15-19-50885

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

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Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
1	Open	No
Create an internal control or system edit to ensure Social Security Administration employees contact a beneficiary and complete a Form SSA-455, Disability Update Report, before they mark a continuing disability review mailer as deferred.
2	Open	No
Enhance the quality review process to ensure continuing disability review mailers are processed correctly.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

Create an internal control or system edit to ensure Social Security Administration employees contact a beneficiary and complete a Form SSA-455, Disability Update Report, before they mark a continuing disability review mailer as deferred.

Open

Enhance the quality review process to ensure continuing disability review mailers are processed correctly.

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Funds Dedicated to Address Program Integrity and Hearings Backlog Workloads

Related Open Recommendations