Office of Audit (OA)
	About the Office    Types of Audits    Field Offices    Performance Results

About the Office

OA's responsibilities include:

Conducting and/or supervising comprehensive financial and performance audits of SSA's programs and operations and making recommendations to ensure that program objectives and operational functions are achieved effectively and efficiently.

Conducting short-term management and program evaluations focused on issues of concern to SSA, the Congress, and the general public. Evaluations often focus on identifying and recommending ways to prevent and minimize program and operational fraud, waste, and abuse, as well as inefficiency and ineffectiveness, rather than detecting problems after they occur.

Types of Audits

Financial audits, required by the Chief Financial Officers' Act of 1990, assess whether SSA's financial statements fairly present the Agency's financial position, results of operations, and cash flow.

Performance audits review the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of SSA's programs and operations.


Field Offices

Headquarters is located in Baltimore, Maryland.

OA has ten field offices located in the following cities:

Atlanta, Georgia Birmingham, Alabama Boston, Massachusetts Chicago, Illinois Dallas, Texas Falls Church, Virginia Kansas City, Missouri New York, New York Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Richmond, California

Performance Results

The following chart summarizes the OIG strategic goals and results related to Audit. More detailed information can be found in OIG's annual Performance Reports and Semiannual Reports.

OIG Strategic Goals Related to Audits
Measure	FY 2008 Goal	FY 2008 Results	FY 2007 Results	FY 2006 Results
SSA Agreement with Recommendations	85%	96%	97%	93%
Implementation Rate of Accepted Recommendations	85%	89%	90%	92%
Reports Issued Within 1 Year of Entrance Conference	78%	83%	93%	85%
Return on Investment	$6 to $1	$38 to $1	$51 to $1	$46 to $1
Questioned Costs		$2,409,411,231	$1,238,280,696	$1,373,740,596
Funds Put to Better Use		$1,147,114,597	$3,123,760,300	$2,589,682,864