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GA 1.13:GAO-07-1137T
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REPORT
GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1137T
GAO-07-1137T
Cost analysis
Eligibility determinations
Erroneous payments
Federal regulations
Financial management
Internal controls
Overpayments
Program evaluation
Testimony
A73213
Federal Farm Programs: USDA Needs to Strengthen Management Controls to Prevent Improper Payments to Estates and Deceased Individuals
Farmers receive about $20 billion annually in federal farm
program payments, which go to individuals and "entities,"
including corporations, partnerships, and estates. Under certain
conditions, estates may receive payments for the first 2 years
after an individual's death. For later years, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) must determine that the estate is not being
kept open primarily to receive farm program payments. This
testimony is based on GAO's report, Federal Farm Programs: USDA
Needs to Strengthen Controls to Prevent Improper Payments to
Estates and Deceased Individuals (GAO-07-818, July 9, 2007). GAO
discusses the extent to which USDA (1) follows its regulations
that are intended to provide reasonable assurance that farm
program payments go only to eligible estates and (2) makes
improper payments to deceased individuals.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1137T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1137T.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1137T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1137T.pdf
GAO-07-1137T
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1137T
Testimony
GAO-07-1137T; Federal Farm Programs: USDA Needs to Strengthen Management Controls to Prevent Improper Payments to Estates and Deceased Individuals;
Cost analysis
Eligibility determinations
Erroneous payments
Federal regulations
Financial management
Internal controls
Overpayments
Program evaluation