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Date Feb. 24, 1986 Report No. 129189 Title

Budget and Spending: Budget Estimates for Fiscal Year 1987

UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON,D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY MONDAY, FEBRUARY24, 1986, STATEMENTOF CHARLESA. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERALOF THE UNITED STATES BEFORETHE LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE THE APPROPRIATIONSCOMMITTEE OF UNITED STATES HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON ._ BUDGETESTIMATES F'OR FISCAL YEAR 1987 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased The Justifica...
Date Jan. 30, 1986 Report No. HRD-86-8 Title

Social Security: Quality of Services Generally Rated High by Clients Sampled

United States Gerreraf Accounting Office ,ds99q 6 GAO - Report to the Congress , January 1986 SOCIAL SECURITY ” Quality of Services Generally Rated High by Clients Sampled 128999 GAO/HRD86-8 1 1 * GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Comptroller General of the United States B-220960 January30,1986 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repres...
Date Dec. 27, 1985 Report No. HRD-86-47FS Title

Income Security: Selected Disability Payments

United States General Accounting Office GAO December 1985 Fact She& for the Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Senate LMI 28950 lllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllll~ INCOME SECURITY Selected Disability Payments 1 UNITED STATS GENERAL AGCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION December 27, 1985 B-220833 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum S...
Date Dec. 10, 1985 Report No. HRD-86-23 Title

Disability Programs: SSA Consultative Medical Examination Process Improved; Some Problems Remain

United States General Accounting GAO I e December 1985 -=+w Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Office Idgdzo . J Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources,House Committee on Government Operations DISABILIT-y PROGRAMS SSA Consultative Medical Extiation ProcessImproved; SomeProblems Remain GAO,‘HRD-86-23 53’-acs5 2 c . About Our New Look .. This GAO report was produced using a new des...
Date Dec. 5, 1985 Report No. HRD-86-45 Title

Income Security: Treasury's Management of Social Security Trust Funds During the Debt Ceiling Crises

, RELEASED COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED D.C. 20548 STATES WASHINGTON December 5, 1985 B-221077 The Honorable James R. Jones, Chairman Subcommittee on Social Security Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives I i Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Treasury's Management of Social Security _ Trust Funds During the Debt Ceiling Crises (GAO/HRD-86-45) In your November 1, 1985, letter, you aske...
Date Sept. 30, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-71 Title

Income Security: Current Status of the Federal/State Arrangement for Administering the Social Security Disability Programs

Report To The Honorable Jim Sasser United States Senate Current Status Of The Federal/State Arrangement For Administering The Social Security Disability Programs How effective is the joint federal/state administration of the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs, and should the federal government take over the entire administration (federalization) of these...
Date July 10, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-112 Title

Housing: Impact of Federal Tax Provisions on Resyndication of Federally Assisted Rental Housing

~United States Senate Impact Of Federal Tax Provisions On Resyndication of Federally Assisted i Rental Housing The sale of used rental properties to new groups of investors (resyndication) has become an increasingly popular way of obtaining investment in low-income rental housing administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This report provides information on the tax ince...
Date May 21, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-31 Title

A Central Wage File for Use by Federal Agencies: Benefits and Concerns

Report To The Chairman RELEASED Subcommittee On Social Security Committee On Ways And Means House Of Representatives A Central Wage File For Use By Federal Agencies: Benefits And Concerns In over 100 federal welfare, insurance, and disability programs, eligibility for billions of dollars of benefits depends primarily on the accuracy of an individual’s reported wages. However, because of the lack...
Date April 23, 1985 Report No. 126772 Title

Income Security: GAO's Views on H.R. 825, a Bill To Make the Social Security Administration an Independent Agency

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10:30 A.M. EST APRIL 23, 1985 STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. FOGEL, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCESDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON SOCIAL SECURITY OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO !'RESENT GAO'S VIEWS ON H,R. 825, A BILL TO MAKE THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AN INDEFENDENT AGENCY Mr. Chairman an...
Date April 9, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-40 Title

Homelessness: A Complex Problem and the Federal Response

Homelessness: A Complex And The Federal Response Problem Homelessness has been receiving increasing attention in communities across the country. Studies from all regions report on the growing number of people who have sought shelter from private voluntary and public agencies. Surveys have also identified an increase in the numbers of women and children, young adults, and mentally ill persons who h...
Date April 3, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-46 Title

Block Grants: Overview of Experiences to Date and Emerging Issues

- OF THEUNITEDSTATES Block Grants: Overview ei f Experiences To ,,” Date I#Knd Emerging Issues GAO/HRO-85-48 APRIL 3,198s 03/77d / /266P7 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE D.C. 20548 UNITED STATES 3-217787 To The President Speaker of the of the House of Senate and the Representatives In recent years the amount and character of federal aid to state and local governments have significantly cha...
Date March 22, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-12 Title

Income Security: Need To Strengthen Social Security's Beneficiary Reporting Requirements and Enforcement Authority

t 1Bv THEC~IVIPTR~LLG? GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Need To Strengthen Social Security’s Beneficiary Reporting Requirements A’nd Enforcement Authority As of September 1984, retired and disabled beneficiaries and their dependents or survivors owed the Social SecurityAdministration (SSA) about $2 billion because they had been paid more than they were entitled. This represen...
Date March 1, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-22 Title

Eligibility Verification and Privacy in Federal Benefit Programs: A Delicate Balance

awl!3 . BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES Eligibility Verification And Privacy In Federal Benefit Programs: A Delicate Balance Federal outlays for benefit programs in fiscal year 1985 are estimated to be more than $400 billion--about 45 percent of the national budget. Inadequate verification of clients’ eligibility for these programs contributes to erroneous pa...
Date Feb. 28, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-41 Title

Financial Management: Review of HHS Inspector General's Report on California's Refugee Resettlement Program

UNITEDSTATES GENERALACCOUNTM OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 HUMAH RKSOURCZS DIVISION FEBRUARY 28,1985 B-217473 The Honorable William H. Natcher Chairman, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies Education, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review of HHS Inspector General's Report on California's Refugee R...
Date Feb. 27, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-37 Title

Income Security: Need To Improve Internal Controls To Curtail Fraud and Abuse in the RRB Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Program

I&WED STATES GENERAL ACCCWNT~NG OFFICE wMwm&mON,D.C. 20548 NUMAN RWURCIWI DlVlSloN B-211212 c FEBRUARY 27,1986 The Honorable Robert Gielow Chairman Railroad Retirement Board Dear Mr. Gielow: 126303 Subject: Need.'to Improve Internal Controls 'Lo Curtail ~'Possfbli# Fraud and Abuse in the Railmad 'I, 88 ReCi~ament Bo~ard's Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Program (GAO/HRD-85-37) We have complete...
Date Feb. 13, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-31 Title

Government Operations: Analysis of Grace Commission Proposals To Change the Civil Service Retirement System

BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Committee On Post Office And Civil Service House Of Representatives RELEASED Analysis Of Grace Commission To Change The Civil Service Retirement System The Commission recommended many changes to the civil service retirement system which it said would reduce costs and make the federal system comparable to private sector retirement programs. ...
Date Feb. 11, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-33 Title

Government Operations: Block Grants Brought Funding Changes and Adjustments to Program Priorities

BY THECOMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Block Grants Brought Funding Changes And Adjustments To Program Priorities Under block grants, states obtarned greafer decrsron-makrng authority to set program priorities and determine the use of funds than they had under the’prror categorical programs. At the same time, federal appropriations to states under the block grants wer...
Date Aug. 13, 1984 Report No. 124889 Title

[Graying of the National Budget: The Year 2020]

.. L rl GRAYING OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET: THE YEAR 2 0 2 0 Iler W i l l i a m F . L a u r i e and P a t r i c k A . llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 124889 T o be presented a t t h e 1 9 8 4 J o i n t S t a t i s t i c a l Meetings on August 13-16, 1984 in P h i l a d e l p h i a , P e n n s y l v a n i a . OVERV IEW One o f t h e m o s t s t r i k i n g d e m o g r a p h i c t r e n d s o f...
Date May 9, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-47 Title

Financial Management: The Department of Health and Human Services' First-Year Implementation of the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act

BYTHEUS GENERALACCbJNTlNG Report To The Secretary Of Health And Human Services OFFICE The Department Of Health AndmHuman Services’ First-Year Implementation Of The Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act GAO conducted a review of 22 federal agencies’ efforts to Implement the Federal Managers’ Fmanclal lntegrlty Act of 1982 The act was intended to help reduce fraud, waste, and abuse acros...
Date April 25, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-155 Title

Income Security: Federal and State Liability for Inaccurate Payments of Food Stamp, AFDC, and SSI Program Benefits

BY THEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chqirman, Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry United States Senate Liability&&r Inaccurate Stamp, AFDC,+K’nd SSI Program Benefits To reduce benefit errors, systems have been established to hold state and federal organizations financially liable (sanctions) for excessive errors in the day-to-clay administration of the Food Stamp, Aid ...
Date March 13, 1984 Report No. 123604 Title

Employment: Proposed Transfer of the Senior Community Service Employment Program to HHS

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:301 a.m. MARCH 13, 1984 STATEMENT OF MORTON E. HENIG, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGING COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ON THE ':PROPOSED TRANSFER&THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT 5. PROGRAM,@0 THE D$PARTMENT OF HEALTH AN...
Date March 12, 1984 Report No. HRD-84-42 Title

Employment: Information on the Senior Community Service Employment Program and the Proposed Transfer to HHS

, l u REPORTBY THEU.S. General Accounting Office Information On The Senior Community Service Employment Program And The Proposed Transfer To The Department Of Health And Human Services In June 1983 the administration proposed to transfer the administrative responsibility for the Senior Community Service Employment Program from the Department of Labor to the Administration on Aging within the Depar...
Date Dec. 19, 1983 Report No. HRD-84-28 Title

Income Security: GAO FY 1983 Audit Work and Internal Activities Affecting the Elderly

UNrm STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 December 19, 1983 B-197357 The Honorable John Heinz Committee Chairman, Special United States Senate 123108 on Aging Dear Mr. Chairman: ,, "I '"GAOfss Fiscal Year 1983 Audit Subject: ts Internal Activities Affecting (GAO/HRD-84-28 ) In response tion about our to your fiscal a list November 1, 1983, Work and the Elderly request for inform...
Date Jan. 24, 1983 Report No. IPE-83-3 Title

Does AFDC Workfare Work: Information Is Not Yet Available From HHS's Demonstration Projects

, BYTHEU.S.GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Ranking Minority Member, Committee On Labor And Human Resources llllllllllllllllllllllllllll United States Senate LMI 20456 Does AFDC Workfare Work? Information Is Not Yet Available From HHS’s Demonstration Projects Workfare programs under AFDC require participants to work at unpaid jobs in order to receive their welfa...
Date Dec. 17, 1982 Report No. HRD-83-25 Title

Income Security: GAO's Major Activities in Aging During Fiscal Year 1982

8. I /iur(b D UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION December 17, 1982 B-197357 The Honorable John Heinz Special Committee Chairman, United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: on Aging GAO's Major Activities in Aging Fiscal Year 1982 (GAO/HRD-83-25) During for informaIn response to your November 9, 1982, request tion concerning programs and se...
Date Sept. 2, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-126 Title

Income Security: SSA Needs To Determine the Cost Effectiveness of the SSI Redetermination Process and To Implement Recommendations Made for Eliminating Erroneous Payments

. . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, ‘-W&N RESOURCES DIVISION September 2, 1982 Mr. John A. Svahn Commissioner of Social Security Department of Health and Human Services Dear Mr. Svahn: Subject: / /'Social Security "Effectiveness of Redetermination mendations Made (GAO/HRD-82-126) Needs to Determine the Cost the Supplemental Security Income Process and to Implement ...
Date July 12, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-100 Title

Income Security: State Drawdowns and Use of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Funds

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION July 12, 1982 B-207686 The Honorable William H. Natcher Chairman, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: ~l~lll~lll 119084 Subject: State Drawdowns and Use of Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Funds (GAO/HRD...
Date March 26, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-52 Title

Income Security: Legislation Is Needed To Ensure That Cost-of-Living Increases in Federal Programs Will Be Considered on a More Timely Basis in Computing Supplemental Security Income Benefits

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-206749 MARCH 26,1982 The Honorable Robert J. Dole Chairman, Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Daniel Rostenkowski Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: Legislation Is Needed to Ensure That Cost-of-Living Increases in Federal Programs Will Be Considered on a More Timely Basis in ...
Date March 16, 1982 Report No. 117878 Title

Budget and Spending: President's New Federalism Proposals

U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING (>FFICE Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected Tuesday, at 1O:OO a.m. March 16, 1982 STATEMENT OF CHARLES A. BOWSHER COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE COMMITTZE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE PRESIDENT'S ON THE NEW FEDERALISM PROPOSALS llNlll IIII 117878 I welcome our views the opportunity aspects we address question of of to appea...
Date Jan. 14, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-9 Title

Income Security: Legislative and Administrative Changes To Improve Verification of Welfare Recipients' Income Could Save Hundreds of Millions

, BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES “p$Jq)f Report ToThe Congress Legislative And Administrative Changes To Improve Verification Of Welfare Recipients’ Income And AssetsCould Save Hundreds Of Millions Underreporting of income and assets by recipients of benefits from needs-based programswhether deliberate or otherwise--results in hundreds of millions of dollars in improper payments e...
Date Jan. 8, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-33 Title

Income Security: SSA Needs To Determine the Cost Effectiveness of Manually Identifying SSI Recipients With Income From Other Federal Sources

; 1, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 January HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 8, 1982 Mr. John A. Svahn Commissioner of Social Security Department of Ilealth and Human Services Dear Mr. Svahn: 1lYlYU Subject: Social Security Needs to Determine the Cost Effectiveness of Manually Identifying Supplemental Security Income Recipients With Income From Other Federal Sources (HRD-82-...
Date Sept. 10, 1981 Report No. 116352 Title

Income Security: Minimum Social Security Benefits

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING Washington, D.C. 20548 OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. Thursday, September 10, 1981 STATEMENT GREGORY J. DIRECTOR OF AHART DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, ON WAYS AND MEANS ON MINIMUM SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS We are Security pleased to be here As you know, the Congress today to discuss a ...
Date July 31, 1981 Report No. CED-81-117 Title

Agriculture and Food: Insights Gained in Workfare Demonstration Projects

Report To The Honorable Paul Findley House Of Representatives Insights Gained In Workfare Demonstration Projects The Food Stamp Act of 1977 authorized the Secretaries of Agriculture and Labor to test, in 14 pilot projects, the feasibility of food stamp participants working in return for their benefits. Operation of the workfare demonstration during the first year provided valuable insight into the...
Date July 15, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-122 Title

Income Security: Ohio's 1981 Home Energy Assistance Program

_ .* HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION RELEASED JULY15,1981 B-203948 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Howard M. Metzenbaurn Senate Metzenbaum: Ohio's 1981 Home Energy (HRD-81-122) Assistance Program that we review Ohio's On January 23, 1981, you requested In a handling of its 1981 Low Income Energy Assistance Program. March 4, 1981, discussion with your office, your specific interests were...
Date July 9, 1981 Report No. CED-81-83 Title

Agriculture and Food: More Can Be Done To Improve the Department of Agriculture's Commodity Donation Program

.' REPORT BY THE I c o= * Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES More Can Be Done To Improve The Department Of Agriculture’s Commodity Donation Program Better management of the Department of Agriculture’s $1 billion commodity donation program is needed. Schools, programs to feed the elderly and the needy, and other recipients often receive the wrong quantities and kinds of food, Also, food i...
Date June 25, 1981 Report No. 115919 Title

Financial Management: Financial and Management Review of Selected Boarding Homes

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 25, 1981 ~lll~llllllll 315919 STATEMENT OF MORTON E. HENIG, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE /I J.FINANCIAL ,,,,,,Ix AND MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF ~"*"I^ I SELECTED BOARDING HOME...
Date June 5, 1981 Report No. PAD-81-73 Title

Employment: Comments on Employment Tax Credits

UNITED STATES GENERALACC~UNTINCOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 PROGRAM ANALYSIS DlVlSlON JUN 5 1981 B-203090 The Honorable John Heinz Subcommittee on Economic Chairman, Employment and Revenue Sharing Committee on Finance United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Growth, Comments on Employment Tax Credits (PAD-81-73) i3 As agreed with Mr. George Pieler, Senate Finance Committee, we are submitting the f...
Date June 5, 1981 Report No. AFMD-81-51 Title

Income Security: Millions Can Be Saved by Improving the Productivity of State and Local Governments Administering Federal Income Maintenance Assistance Programs

BY THECOMPiROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Millions Can Be Saved By Improving The Productivity Of State And Local Governments Administering Federal Income Maintenance Assistance Programs In thisreport,GAOidentifiesmillionsof dollars associated with the useof inefficient procedures in administering three Federal income maintenance assistance programs--Unemployment Insurance,...
Date April 17, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-46 Title

Income Maintenance Experiments: Need To Summarize Results and Communicate the Lessons Learned

United States Senate RELEASED OF THE UNITEDSTATES Income Maintenance Experiments: Need To Summarize Results And Communicate The Lessons Learned The Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Health and Human Services initiated income maintenance experiments, the first ever in the United States, to measure the extent to which a guaranteed income would reduce recipients’ work efforts, GA...
Date April 10, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-76 Title

Income Security: Analysis of GAO Reports To Determine Federal Approaches Most Conducive to State Consistency in Delivering Services and Monitoring Results

title, Enclosed are brief mumar feoofthmiaforRationsxtractd from each of the l2 GAO reportr. Ibt shclorurm alSQ SIImFsthe rQp0rt nlllPberr and date -gory: of the report our findingo cannot The information ?stata admLniP+ration agmment of the vrrr$ws prowmu and can Etr umd amly fn th *’ cxmm splled out in the individual repotie.~rSewnd, aulmtantti tima and effc e would bu rQquirQd to qdate,Our f ...
Date March 26, 1981 Report No. 114746 Title

Income Security: Minimum Social Security Benefits

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 20548 Washington, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 1981 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION BEFORE THE SENATE FINANCE ON COMMITTEE MINIMUM SOCIAL c SECURITY BENEFITS 3 We are pleased Security Benefit. that to be here today to discuss the Minimum Social in December 1979 new bene- As you kno...
Date March 3, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-58 Title

Income Security: Action Needed To Resolve Problem of Outstanding Supplemental Security Income Checks

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES &gi7/ Report ToThe Congress Action Needed To Resolve Problem Of Outstanding Supplemental Security Income Checks As many as 300,000 Supplemental Security Income checks totaling $40 million have been outstanding for 6 months or more. These checks are negotiable forever. About $10.4 million of these checks belong tostates, which are concerned that these mon...
Date March 3, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-48 Title

Income Security: More Diligent Followup Needed To Weed Out Ineligible SSA Disability Beneficiaries

a 4 P dfl/) /J d ;3 ,,’ IIc/sq 0 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES More Diligent Followup Needed To Weed Out Ineligible SSA Disability Beneficiaries As much as $2 billion annually in Social Security disability insurance payments may go to individuals who are no longer disabled. The Social Security Administration investigates only a small percentage of its disabil...
Date Feb. 4, 1981 Report No. HRD-81-4 Title

Income Security: Millions Can Be Saved by Identifying Supplemental Security Income Recipients Owning Too Many Assets

Report ToThe Con OF THEUNITEDSTATES Millions Can Be Saved By Identifying Supplemental Security Income Recipients Owning Too Many Assets In fiscal year 1979, an estimated $125 million was overpaid to Supplemental Security Income recipients who owned assets, such as bank accounts and real property, valued in excess of the limitations allowed for program eligibility. Most overpayments occurred becaus...
Date Dec. 31, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-37 Title

Income Security: Implementing GAO's Recommendations on the Social Security Administration's Programs Could Save Billions

/., BY THECOMPTRtlLLER GENE!RiL lM-+16 *A hida ‘k&port ToThe Congress OF THEUNITED STATES Implementing GAO’s Recommendations On The Social Security Administration’s Programs Could Save Billions This report summarizes actions taken on GAO’s recommendations in 27 previous reports on the Social Security Administration’s income security programs. GAO believes the savings which would result f...
Date Dec. 23, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-20 Title

Income Security: Reissuing Tamper-Resistant Cards Will Not Eliminate Misuse of Social Security Numbers

co eneral OF THE UNITEDSTATES Reissuing Tamper-Resistant Cards Will Not Eliminate isuse Of Social Security Numbers The social security number has become a wldespread means of ldentlflcatton in the United States As Its use as an identifier has grown, so has the opportunity for Its misuse often to fraudulently obtain employment or monetary benefits However, relssu mg tamper resistant social security...
Date Dec. 15, 1980 Report No. FPCD-81-18 Title

Government Operations: Civil Service Disability Retirement Program

UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 PEOLRAL PLRSONNEL AND COMPCNSATION DIVISION E-201442 DECEMBER 15,198O The Honorable Jule M. Sugarman Office of Personnel Deputy Director, Management Dear Mr. Sugarman: Subject: In reports issued in 1976 and 1978, we recommended several changes to the disability retirement program which would serve to retain marginally disabled yet poten...
Date Dec. 9, 1980 Report No. FPCD-81-27 Title

Government Operations: Military Personnel Eligible for Food Stamps

the General Accousfting Oafice except on the baSiS of specific appWval ._. -by the Office of Congressional Rsiationr. _____-JECT~ A p&& to be released outsIde IIYV3-l UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE RELEASED WASHINGTON, FEDERAL PERSONNEL AN0 COMPENSATION DIVISION D.C. 20548 DECEMBER 9.1980 E-201405 . The Iionorable Sam Nunn Chairman, Subcommittee on Manpower and Fersonnel Senate Committee o...
Date Nov. 10, 1980 Report No. HRD-81-22 Title

Income Security: Social Security Administration's Beneficiary Rehabilitation Program

.. --- 113734 Human Resources Divisicl ML0 United States General Accounting Officc Washington, DC 20548 B-201008 NOVEMBER IO,1980 The Honorable The Secretary Dear Mrs. Patricia Roberts Harris of Health and Human Services r"" ThelSocial Security Administration's Beneficiary Rehabilitation Prograg (HRD-81-22) Harris: llllllll IIIll 113739 Subject: At the request of the Chairman, Subcommittee on Over...
Date Oct. 10, 1980 Report No. B-200170 Title

Government Operations: Legality of DOE Plans To Distribute $25 Million It Holds Under Terms of Consent Order With Getty Oil Company

q~- COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES i s." WASHINGTON D.C 2iS48 -October 10, 1980 B-200170 The Honorable John D. Dingell, Chairman Subcomnittee on Energy and Power Catmittee on Interstate and Foreign Camierce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: L /f/ ______- You have requested that(we review the legality of plans by the Department of Energy (Energy) to distribute $25 million it hol...