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GAO-09-583R 1 (2009-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanmv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i Am T N WAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 April 13, 2009 The Honorable Jon Kyl Ranking Member Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate The Honorable Dianne Feinstein United States Senate Subject: Addressing Significant Vulnerabilities in the Department of State's Passport Issuance Process A genuine U.S. passport is a vital document, permitting its owner to travel freely into and out of the United States, prove U.S. citizenship, obtain further identification documents, and set up bank accounts, among other things. Since May 2005, we have issued several reports identifying significant fraud vulnerabilities in the passport issuance process.' This report (1) describes our recent work on passport fraud and (2) summarizes actions the Department of State (State) has indicated it is taking to address the fraud vulnerabilities we identified. We are also providing suggested corrective actions to reduce fraud risk in the passport program. We met with State officials and reviewed relevant documentation in preparing this letter. We performed our work from March to April 2009 in accordance with standards set forth by the Council of Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). We did not attempt to verify the statements of State officials. 'GAO, State Department: Improvements Needed to Strengthen U.S. Passport Fraud Detection Efforts, GAO-05-477 (Washington, D.C.: May 20, 2005); Border Security: Security of New Passports and Visas Enhanced, but More Needs to Be Done to Prevent Their Fraudulent Use, GAO-07-1006 (Washington, D.C.: July 31, 2007); and Department of State: Undercover Tests Reveal Significant Vulnerabilities in State's Passport Issuance Process, GAO-09-447 (Washington, D.C.: Mar. 13, 2009). GAO-09-583R

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