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 2006-03-09 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-482T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-482T P0b002ee18038216d f:d06482t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-482T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-482T GAO-06-482T Accountability Erroneous payments Financial management Internal controls Performance measures Reporting requirements Risk assessment Testimony A48638 Improper payments are a longstanding, widespread, and significant problem in the federal government. The Congress enacted the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) to address this issue. Fiscal year 2005 marked the second year that federal agencies governmentwide were required to report improper payment information under IPIA. One result of IPIA has been increased visibility over improper payments by requiring federal agencies to identify programs and activities susceptible to improper payments, estimate the amount of their improper payments, and report on the amounts of improper payments and their actions to reduce them in their annual performance and accountability reports (PAR). GAO was asked to testify on the progress being made by agencies in complying with requirements of IPIA and the magnitude of improper payments. As part of the review, GAO looked at (1) the extent to which agencies have performed risk assessments, (2) the annual amount of improper payments estimated, and (3) the amount of improper payments recouped through recovery audits. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-482T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-482T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-482T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-482T.pdf GAO-06-482T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-482T Testimony GAO-06-482T; Financial Management: Challenges Remain in Meeting Requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act; Accountability Erroneous payments Financial management Internal controls Performance measures Reporting requirements Risk assessment