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GAO-07-533R 1 (2007-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavaq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 February 27, 2007 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper Chairman The Honorable Tom Coburn Ranking Member Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate Subject: Improper Payments: Posthearing Responses on a December 5, 2006, Hearing to Assess the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 On December 5, 2006, we testified' before your subcommittee at a hearing entitled, An Assessment of Improper Payments Information Act of 2002. At the end of the hearing, the subcommittee asked us to provide information regarding (1) barriers inhibiting agencies' efforts to prevent and reduce improper payments, (2) legislative reforms needed to facilitate agencies' efforts to prevent improper payments, and (3) suggested language to amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) that would provide more complete disclosure and transparency of agencies' improper payments reporting. First, we identified several key barriers that agencies encounter in their quest to reduce improper payments, such as the inability to share data and restrictions in the program's administration. In some cases, legislation limits the type of information that can be shared among agencies to verify data provided by applicants for government programs or benefits or to make eligibility decisions. For example, we reported2 in November 2006 that the Department of Education reported that section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code concerning confidentiality of the tax return information precludes data matching. We also reported3 in October 2005 that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, a component of the Department 1GAO, Improper Payments: Incomplete Reporting under the Improper Payments Information Act Masks the Extent of the Problem, GAO-07-254T (Washington, D.C.: Dec. 5, 2006). 2GAO, Improper Payments: Agencies' Fiscal Year 2005 Reporting under the Improper Payments Information Act Remains Incomplete, GAO-07-92 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 14, 2006). 3GAO, Taxpayer Information: Options Exist to Enable Data Sharing Between IRS and USCIS but Each Presents Challenges, GAO-06-100 (Washington, D.C.: Oct. 11, 2005). GAO-07-533R Improper Payments

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