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| U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
| Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security |
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| Title: Eliminating Agency Payment Errors |
| Date: 1/31/08 |
| Time (EST): 2:30 PM |
| Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342 |
| The hearing will focus on agencies' FY07 improper payments estimates reported under the Improper Payments Information Act. It will also look into efforts to reduce and eliminate improper payments and to recover identified overpayments.
An estimated $55 billion in improper payments were made in FY07, most of them overpayments. This is up from $41 billion in FY06. However, a number of major programs – such as TANF, SCHIP, and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit – are not yet reporting improper payments estimates. The GAO report GAO-08-377R provides a good summary of the FY07 estimates and the challenges agencies are facing in this area.
GAO, OMB, the Social Security Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services have been invited to testify at the hearing.
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Testimony
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Panel 1
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McCoy Willams
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, Managing Director, Financial Management and Assurance Team
, U.S. Government Accountability Office
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Daniel I. Werfel
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, Acting Controller
, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
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Panel 2
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The Honorable
Charles R. Christopherson
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, Chief Financial Officer
, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Mr.
Anthony Dale
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, Managing Director
, Federal Communication Commission
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Mr.
Charles Johnson
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, Assistant Secretary for Budget, Technology and Finance
, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Mr.
David Rust
, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs
, U.S. Social Security Administration
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