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GGD-78-107 1 (1979-02-05)

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REPORT BY THE



Comptroller General


OF THE UNITED STATES


Welfare Payments Reduced:

An Improved Method For Detecting

Erroneous Welfare Payments



Working together, GAO and the District
of Columbia's Department of Human Re-
sources developed three formulas to iden-
tify welfare cases that have a high proba-
bility to be in error. The formulas assign
computer-derived numerical scores to cases
that need to be reviewed and rank them
in order of their error potential.

The District started using one formula in
May 1977. Over a year's time, erroneous
welfare payments will have been reduced
by about $3.5 million or nearly double
the reduction in erroneous payments that
could have been obtained using the Dis-
trict's procedures.

The approach GAO used in the District is
applicable to State and local governments.


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