Actions to Reduce and Recover Improper Payments
Instructions:
VI. Describe the steps the agency has taken and plans to take (including timeline) to ensure that agency managers and accountable officers (including the agency head) are held accountable for reducing and recovering improper payments.
HHS has initiated a number of measures to ensure that agency managers and appropriate officers are held accountable for reducing and recovering improper payments. HHS’ commitment to this initiative is illustrated through HHS’ Top Twenty Department-Wide Objectives. One of HHS’ top twenty objectives is to Eliminate Improper Payments. This objective demonstrates HHS’ dedication to meeting the President’s Management Agenda “green”standards for success.
This initiative is tracked quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget at the Department level using the President’s Management Agenda scorecard. The Department’s score reflects HHS’ progress in achieving its improper payment goals.
In addition, HHS issues interim scorecard ratings to each of its operating divisions during each quarter. These interim ratings help facilitate HHS leadership discussion and accountability as well as to help ensure that HHS will meet its quarterly goals.
Further, HHS management performance plan objectives hold agency managers, beginning at the top of the leadership and cascading down through HHS Senior Executives (including component heads) and below, accountable for achieving progress in this initiative. As part of the semi-annual and annual performance evaluation, HHS Senior Executives are evaluated on the progress the agency achieves toward its stated goals.
Report Date: November 15, 2007
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