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Audit Reports by Fiscal Year - 1997

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*Indicates Limited Distribution Reports: These reports contain information that is sensitive and confidential. For security reasons, distribution of these reports is limited to those with a need to know.


Reports with Non-Monetary Findings

Report Number & Date Issued
Title
Links

October 23, 1996
A-02-96-02204

Office of the Inspector General Evaluation Report: Test of Satisfaction Scales

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November 22, 1996
A-13-96-51001

Inspector General`s Report on SSA`s Fiscal Year 1996 Financial Statements

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December 13, 1996
A-04-95-06013

Social Security Coverage of State and Local Government Employees

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December 16, 1996
A-09-96-64208

Monitoring Representative Payee Performance: Nonresponding Payees

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January 6, 1997
A-09-96-64204

Monitoring Representative Payee Performance: The Accounting Form

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January 6, 1997
A-09-96-64209

Monitoring Representative Payee Performance: The Accounting Review Process

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January 21, 1997
A-13-97-61007

Unresolved Internal Revenue Service Alerts

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January 30, 1997
A-06-96-62200

Reading Level for Spanish-Speaking Clients Receiving Social Security Administration Spanish Language Notices

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January 31, 1997
A-13-97-92001

Review of Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime

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February 5, 1997
A-13-97-21009

Missing Data Hinders Vocational Rehabilitation Referrals

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February 19, 1997
A-13-96-51142

Audit of the Office of Program and Integrity Reviews’ Special Studies

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February 28, 1997
A-09-96-64212

Monitoring Representative Payee Performance: Management and Staff Survey

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March 18, 1997
A-13-95-00606

Review of CA-TOP SECRET Access Control Software

*See Above

March 26, 1997
A-07-95-00833

The Social Security Administration’s Payment for Medical Evidence of Record Obtained by State Disability Determination Services

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March 26, 1997
A-02-96-61201

Large Underpayments to Representative Payees

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March 28, 1997
A-05-95-00016

Payments to Surviving Spouses at Retirement Age

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March 31, 1997
A-03-95-02608

Internal Controls of the Earnings Modernization 2.8 Program (limited distribution)

*See Above

March 31, 1997
A-01-96-62001

Review of the Social Security Administration Procedures to Ensure State Compliance with Section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act

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April 29, 1997
A-02-96-02203

The Social Security Administration’s Use of Customer Comment Cards

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May 16, 1997
A-04-95-06019

Review of Internal Controls in the Social Security Administration’s Modernized Claims System (limited distribution) 

*See Above

May 20, 1997
A-13-97-51011

Management Letter - Audit of the Social Security Administration’s Fiscal Year 1996 Financial Statements

*See Above

May 29, 1997
A-06-96-62001

The Adequacy of the Residency Verification Process for the Supplemental Security Income Program

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June 19, 1997
A-13-96-11052

Review of the Back-Up and Recovery Procedures at the National Computer Center

PDF Format

June 23, 1997
A-13-97-92002

Study of the Social Security Administration’s Operating Procedures Referencing Fraud

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June 26, 1997
A-13-96-11046

Review of Physical Security at the Social Security Administration’s National Computer Center (limited distribution) 

*See Above

July 9, 1997
A-09-96-62003

Review of the County of Los Angeles’ Performance as Representative Payee for Title II and Title XVI Children in Foster Care

PDF Format

July 11, 1997
A-04-95-06017

Review of Referral and Monitoring Agency Contracts for Drug Addicts and Alcoholics

PDF Format

July 29, 1997
A-04-95-06015

Review of the Effectiveness of the Social Security Administration’s Low Birth Weight Baby Program

PDF Format

July 31, 1997
A-13-96-52001

The Social Security Administration’s Program for Monitoring the Quality of Telephone Service Provided to the Public

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August 11, 1997
A-09-97-61002

Audit of the County of Los Angeles’ Review to Identify and Report to SSA Past Deficiencies for Title II and Title XVI Children in Foster Care

PDF Format

August 29, 1997
A-07-96-21065

Audit of Separation of Duties in the Social Security Administration’s Modernized Supplemental Security Income Claims System (limited distribution)

*See Above

August 29, 1997
A-09-96-51001

Review of Child Adoption Practices under Title II of the Social Security Act

PDF Format

September 8, 1997
A-03-95-02609

Review of Internal Controls over MADCAP Transactions Processed through the MACADE System at the Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center (limited distribution) 

*See Above

September 15, 1997
A-03-96-31001
A-03-96-31002

Management Advisory Report: Activity Related to the Suspense File

PDF Format

September 22, 1997
A-13-97-52003

Payment Accuracy Task Force: Earnings Record Issue Team

PDF Format

September 22, 1997
A-02-96-61000

Benchmarking Private Sector Policies and Practices for Distributing Customer Notices

PDF Format

September 24, 1997
A-02-96-02202

Cataloging Social Security’s Customer Service Monitoring

PDF Format

September 24, 1997
A-13-97-21008

Disability Applicants’ Responses to Vocational Rehabilitation Issues: A Mail Survey

PDF Format

September 24, 1997
A-13-97-12014

Evaluation of the Social Security Administration’s Back-up and Recovery Testing of  Its Automated Systems

PDF Format

September 24, 1997
A-09-96-91001

Access Controls for the Social Security Administration’s Telephone Switch at the Western Program Service Center

PDF Format


Reports with Questioned Dollars

Date Issued
Title
Report Number
Dollar Amount
March 13, 1997
Procedures for Collecting Social Security Administration/Railroad Retirement Board Combined Benefit Payments Issued After Death
A-05-95-00017

$391,716

May 7, 1997

The Social Security Administration’s Monitoring of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services’ Effectiveness as a Representative Payee

A-01-96-61071

$1,600,000

June 9, 1997

Audit of Administrative Costs Claimed by the Maryland State Department of Education for Its Disability Determination Services

A-13-96-25000

$1,377,499

June 20, 1997

Audit of Administrative Costs Claimed by the New Jersey Department of Labor for its Division of Disability Determinations

A-02-95-00002

$390,137

September 10, 1997

Consultative Examination Costs Claimed by Maine’s Disability Determination Services

A-01-97-82005

$197,261

September 29, 1997

State of Arkansas’ Disability Determination for the Social Security Administration

A-07-97-52005

$7,874


Reports with Funds Put to Better Use

Date Issued
Title
Report Number
Dollar Amount

March 28, 1997

Monitoring Representative Payee Performance: Roll-Up Report

A-09-96-64201

$39,100,000

May 14, 1997

Potential for Contracting with Medical Provider Networks to Purchase Consultative Examinations

A-07-95-00828

$11,300,000

May 22, 1997

Canada’s Experience in Charging a User Fee for Social Insurance Number Cards

A-06-97-62003

$142,000,000

June 23, 1997

Overpayments Incurred by Representative Payees

A-02-96-61202

$3,800,000

June 24, 1997

Effectiveness of the Social Security Administration’s Procedures to Process Prisoner Information, Suspend Payments and Collect Overpayments

A-01-96-61083

$20,400,000

July 29, 1997

Review of Entitlement Determination Procedures for Unlocated Title II Disability Beneficiaries

A-06-95-00076

$1,400,00

September 30, 1997

Review of Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignments of Senior Staff

A-13-96-02001

$1,500,000

 
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