United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-06-15 monographic deposited born digital 32 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-98-134 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-134 P0b002ee18037d3c5 f:ai98134 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-134 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-134 AIMD-98-134 Child support payments Federal/state relations Requirements definition Systems evaluation Law enforcement information systems HHS Child Support Enforcement Program HHS State System Approval Information System Letter Report AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) certification process for state child support enforcement systems, its administration of the process and the certification status of the state systems.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) certification guidance issued by the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) addresses the system requirements of the Family Support Act of 1988 and HHS' implementing regulations; (2) analysis of the certification process shows that OCSE has administered this process consistently across states since it began certifying child support enforcement systems in 1993; (3) it has used the same guidance for certification reviews and conducted reviews that were similar in scope and length for each level of certification; (4) while OCSE published many certification reports on the results of its certification reviews, its reporting was not always consistent; (5) as of March 31, 1998, OCSE had either certified or conditionally certified 25 of the 54 child support enforcement systems; and (6) OCSE had also conducted 13 additional reviews and was preparing certification reports for those systems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-134/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-134.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-134/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-134.pdf GAO/AIMD-98-134 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-134 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-98-134; Child Support Enforcement: Certification Process for State Information Systems; Child support payments Federal/state relations Requirements definition Systems evaluation Law enforcement information systems HHS Child Support Enforcement Program HHS State System Approval Information System