United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-05-20 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-789T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-789T P0b002ee180391bb6 f:d04789t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-789T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-789T GAO-04-789T Accounting errors Americans abroad Beneficiaries Eligibility criteria Fraud Internal controls Overpayments Social security benefits Supplemental Security Income Program Testimony A10129 The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program paid about $36 billion in benefits to about 6.9 million recipients in 2003. In recent years, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has identified a general increase in the amount of annual overpayments made to recipients who are not present in the U.S. as required by SSI program guidelines--a problem we refer as "residency violations." This problem has caused concern among both program administrators and policy makers. As such, GAO was asked to determine what is known about the extent to which SSI benefits are improperly paid to individuals who are not present in the United States and to identify any weaknesses in SSA's processes and policies that impede the agency's ability to detect and deter residency violations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-789T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-789T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-789T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-789T.pdf GAO-04-789T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-789T Testimony GAO-04-789T; Supplemental Security Income: Sustained Management Attention Needed to Address Residency Violations; Accounting errors Americans abroad Beneficiaries Eligibility criteria Fraud Internal controls Overpayments Social security benefits Supplemental Security Income Program Public Law 106-169