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Benefit and Loan Programs: Improved Data Sharing Could Enhance Program Integrity

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 13, 2000
Report No. HEHS-00-119
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Summary:

This report focuses on how improvements in data sharing among federal agencies could enhance program integrity in benefit and loan programs. Because many benefit and loan programs require the same information, it is more efficient for them to share that data with one another rather than requiring each program to gather and verify similar data. However, several legal issues concerning data privacy and security may limit agencies' ability to share data. Federal action to improve data sharing and program coordination, particularly across states, while protecting the confidentiality of sensitive data could help to overcome weaknesses in the program eligibility determination process.

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