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 2007-03-29 monographic deposited born digital 35 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-635T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-635T P0b002ee180375cf6 f:d07635t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-635T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-635T GAO-07-635T Accountability Allocation (Government accounting) Erroneous payments Financial management Government collections Internal controls Noncompliance Overpayments Regulatory agencies Reporting requirements Risk assessment Testimony A67427 The federal government is accountable for how its agencies and grantees spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars and is responsible for safeguarding those funds against improper payments as well as for recouping those funds when improper payments occur. The Congress enacted the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) and the Recovery Auditing Act to address these issues. Fiscal year 2006 marked the 3rd year that agencies were required to report improper payment and recovery audit information in their Performance and Accountability Reports. GAO was asked to testify on the progress agencies have made in these areas. Specifically, GAO focused on (1) trends in agencies' reporting under IPIA from fiscal years 2004 through 2006, (2) challenges in reporting improper payment information and improving internal control, and (3) agencies' reporting of recovery auditing efforts. This testimony is based on GAO's previous reports on agencies' efforts to implement IPIA requirements for fiscal years 2005 and 2004 and current review of available fiscal year 2006 improper payment and recovery auditing information. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provided technical comments that were incorporated as appropriate. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-635T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-635T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-635T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-635T.pdf GAO-07-635T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-635T Testimony GAO-07-635T; Improper Payments: Agencies' Efforts to Address Improper Payment and Recovery Auditing Requirements Continue; Accountability Allocation (Government accounting) Erroneous payments Financial management Government collections Internal controls Noncompliance Overpayments Regulatory agencies Reporting requirements Risk assessment Volume 112 Page 936 112 Stat. 936 Volume 115 Page 1012 115 Stat. 1012 Volume 116 Page 2350 116 Stat. 2350 Public Law 107-107