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117948 1 (1982-03-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacsul0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 2 P.M., EST WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1982 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING, CONSUMER RELATIONS, AND NUTRITION OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 117948 ON GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REVIEWS OF THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE: WE ARE HERE TODAY AT YOUR INVITATION TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF OUR ONGOING AND RECENTLY COMPLETED FOOD STAMP PROGRAM REVIEWS. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MAJOR ISSUES INVOLVED. QUALITY CONTROL DATA FOR THE 6 MONTHS ENDED MARCH 1981 SHOWS THAT 10.6 PERCENT OF THE FOOD STAMP BENEFITS WERE OVERISSUANCES, AND AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 2.6 PERCENT WAS UNDERISSUED. IF QUALITY CONTROL REPORTS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF FISCAL YEAR 1981 SHOW SIMILAR ERROR RATES, OVERISSUED BENEFITS FOR THE YEAR WILL TOTAL ABOUT $1.1 BILLION AND UNDERISSUED BENEFITS WILL BE ABOUT $275 MILLION. WAYS TO REDUCE ERRONEOUS ELIGIBILITY AND BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS THE VAST MAJORITY OF OVERISSUANCES AND UNDERISSUANCES FOR THIS $10.6 BILLION PROGRAM STEM FROM ERRORS IN DETERMINING COR- RECT INCOME, ASSETS, AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE. INCORRECT DATA ON EARNED AND UNEARNED INCOME CAUSED TWO-THIRDS OF THE LOSS IN THE

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