Download or read book Assessing Efforts to Eliminate Improper Payments written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessing Efforts to Eliminate Improper Payments written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Financial Management written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improper payments are a longstanding, widespread, and significant problem in the federal government. This past April, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)estimated these payments to be about $35 billion annually for major federal benefit programs. Importantly, this estimate does not account for all federal programs and activities and considers less than half of the $2.3 trillion net cost of the federal government for fiscal year 2002. Because of its continued interest and concerns regarding financial management in the federal government, Congress asked GAO to follow-up on the implementation of the recommendations contained in our August 2002 report (GAO-02-749). Our 2002 report recommended that Chief Financial Officers Act (CFO Act) agencies take actions to minimize improper payments in their programs and activities and for OMB to assist agencies in developing methods to identify and implement those actions. OMB described our report as largely fair and accurate. It characterized the administration's current efforts to reduce erroneous payments as the most comprehensive assessment of the government's payment processes in history. The ultimate success of the governmentwide effort to reduce improper payments hinges on each federal agency's diligence and commitment to identify, estimate, determine the causes of, take corrective actions on, measure, and report progress in reducing all improper payments. While each of the 23 CFO Act agencies has assigned responsibility for the improper payment program to a senior official, GAO's discussions with officials at these agencies revealed a wide disparity in the progress made in implementing actions to perform risk assessments, identify and take actions to address internal control problems identified during the risk assessments, and publicly report the results of actions to reduce improper payments. Generally, the 14 CFO Act agencies that OMB Circular A-11 required to report erroneous payment information in their initial budget submissions were more active in conducting risk assessments, implementing corrective actions, and reporting on improper payments than the 9 CFO Act agencies not cited in the circular. Officials at the 14 agencies noted that their agencies had completed risk assessments for 15 of the 44 programs cited in the circular. Of the 9 CFO Act agencies not cited in the circular, officials at only one agency stated that they had completed risk assessments of all of the agency's programs. Not all agencies have implemented control activities to address internal control weaknesses identified through risk assessments designed to identify improper payments. While officials generally acknowledged that they had not fully assessed all of their programs and activities to identify program risks of improper payments, some stated that they had considered those risks when designing or modernizing their program 's general internal control systems. Specifically, officials stated that their agencies were relying on general internal control activities already in place to manage improper payments. Officials at each of the 23 CFO Act agencies stated that their agency would meet the reporting requirements in OMB's guidance on the implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002. This guidance calls for agencies to report significant amounts of improper payment information in their annual Performance and Accountability Reports. Depending on the agency and program, this reporting can begin as early as the fiscal year 2003 report but not later than the fiscal year 2004 report. OMB has taken actions to address each of our recommendations. It has met with officials from each of the CFO Act agencies to provide assistance and has issued guidance for agencies' use in implementing their improper payment program including the performance of risk assessments, the identification of the causes of improper payments, and the issuance of reports on the results of the actions taken to reduce these payments.

Download or read book Reporting improper payments a report card on agencies progress hearing written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Assessment of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improper Payments written by McCoy Williams and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Jan. 31, 2008, the author testified before a Senate Subcommittee at a hearing entitled, ¿Eliminating Agency Payment Errors.¿ At the hearing, he discussed fed. agencies¿ progress in addressing key requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) and Section 831 of the Nat. Defense Authorization Act for FY 2002, commonly known as the Recovery Auditing Act. A review and testimony focused on: (1) progress made in agencies¿ implementation and reporting under IPIA for FY 2007; (2) remaining challenges with IPIA implementation; and (3) agencies¿ efforts to report recovery auditing information. This report provides answers to follow-up questions relating to the Jan. 31 2008 testimony.

Download or read book S Hrg 112 300 written by U.S. Government Printing Office (Gpo) and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the U.S. federal government based in Washington D.C. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Office of the President and other executive departments, and independent agencies. A hearing is a meeting of the Senate, House, joint or certain Government committee that is open to the public so that they can listen in on the opinions of the legislation. Hearings can also be held to explore certain topics or a current issue. It typically takes between two months up to two years to be published. This is one of those hearings.

Download or read book Eliminating and Recovering Improper Payments written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act Risk Assessments of Revenue Programs Are Unreliable written by United States Department of the Treasury and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Fiscal Year 2011, Federal agencies reported an estimated $115 billion in improper payments.1 The Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (hereafter referred to as the Improper Payments Act)2 requires Federal agencies to improve the accuracy and integrity of Federal payments and report on their progress. Figure 1 shows the amount of improper payments reported by Federal agencies since Fiscal Year 2004, the first year that Federal agencies Government-wide were required to report improper payment information under the Improper Payments Act.

Download or read book Financial management status of the governmentwide efforts to address improper payment problems written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improper Payments written by David C. Trimble and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improper payments are a significant problem in the federal government. To address this problem, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA) requires that federal agencies review their programs and identify those that are susceptible to significant improper payments -- a process known as a risk assessment. The Department of Energy's (DOE's) history of inadequate management and oversight of its contractors led GAO to designate DOE's contract management as a high-risk area vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. However, DOE reported that it does not have any programs susceptible to significant improper payments. This report reviewed DOE's internal control environment to determine whether the department was at low risk for significant improper payments. It examines the extent to which DOE assessed its programs' risks for improper payments in fiscal years 2011 through 2013. This is a print on demand report.

Download or read book Improper Payments written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Over the past decade, GAO has issued numerous reports and testimonies highlighting improper payment issues across the federal government as well as at specific agencies. Fiscal year 2011 marked the eighth year of implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA), as well as the first year of implementation for the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA). IPIA requires executive branch agencies to annually identify programs and activities susceptible to significant improper payments, estimate the amount of improper payments for such programs and activities, and report these estimates along with actions taken to reduce them. IPERA amended IPIA and expanded requirements for recovering overpayments across a broad range of federal programs. This testimony addresses (1) federal agencies' reported progress in estimating and reducing improper payments; (2) challenges in meeting current requirements to estimate and evaluate improper payments, including the results of GAO's case study of the estimation methodology and corrective actions for the Foster Care program; and (3) possible strategies that can be taken to move forward in reducing improper payments. This testimony is primarily based on prior GAO reports, including the report released today on improper payment estimates in the Foster Care program. It also includes unaudited improper payment information recently presented in"

Download or read book Improper Payments Status of Agencies Efforts to Address Improper Payment and Recovery Auditing Requirements written by McCoy Williams and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fed. gov¿t. is accountable for how its agencies & grantees spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars & is responsible for safeguarding those funds against improper payments & recouping those funds when improper payments occur. The U.S. Congress enacted the Improper Payments Info. Act of 2002 (IPIA) & section 831 of the Nat. Defense Author. Act for FY2002, commonly known as the Recovery Auditing Act, to address these issues. This testimony focuses on: (1) progress made in agencies¿ implementation & reporting under IPIA for FY2007; (2) major challenges that continue to hinder full reporting of improper payment info.; & (3) agencies¿ efforts to report on recovery auditing & recoup contract overpayments. Charts & tables.

Download or read book Financial management strategies to address improper payments at HUD Education and other federal agencies written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Improper Payments Information Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improper Payments written by Kay L. Daly and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DoD is required, as are other fed. executive agencies, to report improper payment information under the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 and recovery auditing information under section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2002, commonly known as the Recovery Auditing Act. The DoD Office of Inspector General has previously reported deficiencies at DoD related to these acts. Because of these and other long-standing weaknesses, this report examines DoD's FY 2007 improper payment and recovery audit reporting to determine whether adequate processes existed to address both statutory requirements. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.

Download or read book Improper Payments written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improper payments are a significant problem in the federal government. To address this problem, IPERA requires that federal agencies review their programs and identify those that are susceptible to significant improper payments-a process known as a risk assessment. DOE's history of inadequate management and oversight of its contractors led GAO to designate DOE's contract management as a high-risk area vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. However, DOE reported that it does not have any programs susceptible to significant improper payments. GAO was asked to review DOE's internal control environment, as it relates to IPERA, to determine whether the department was at low risk for significant improper payments. This report examines the extent to which DOE assessed its programs' risks for improper payments in fiscal years 2011 through 2013. GAO reviewed IPERA, analyzed all risk assessments and related information for this period, and interviewed DOE officials and six contractors selected to represent the types of contractor payments made.