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GAO-11-443R 1 (2011-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanwz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: &GAO .5Acctrntbilty IIntegrity * Reiability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 March 25, 2011 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman The Honorable Scott Brown Ranking Member Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate The Honorable John McCain United States Senate Subject: Status of Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Improper Payments Reporting Our work over the past several years has highlighted long-standing, widespread, and significant problems with improper payments in the federal government.' Fiscal year 2010 marked the seventh year of implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA),2 which requires executive branch agencies to annually review all programs and activities to identify those that are susceptible to significant improper payments,3 estimate the annual amount of improper payments for such programs and activities, report these estimates, and report on actions taken to reduce any improper payment estimates that exceed $10 million. On July 22, 2010, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA) was enacted. IPERA amended IPIA by expanding on the previous requirements for identifying, estimating, and reporting on programs and activities susceptible to significant improper payments and to expand requirements for recovering overpayments across 'See related GAO products page. 2Pub. L. No. 107-300, 116 Stat. 2350 (Nov. 26, 2002). 3IPIA defines an improper payment as any payment that should not have been made or that was made in an incorrect amount (including overpayments and underpayments) under statutory, contractual, administrative, or other legally applicable requirements. It includes any payment to an ineligible recipient, any payment for an ineligible service, any duplicate payment, payment for services not received, and any payment that does not account for credit for applicable discounts. OMB's guidance also instructs agencies to report payments for which insufficient or no documentation was found as improper payments. 4Pub. L. No. 111-204, 124 Stat. 2224 (July 22, 2010). GAO-1 1-443R Improper Payments

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