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 2006-11-14 monographic deposited born digital 83 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-92 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-92 P0b002ee18037e6bf f:d0792 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-92 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-92 GAO-07-92 Accountability Audit reports Data integrity Erroneous payments Executive agencies Government information Internal controls Payments Program abuses Program evaluation Program management Questionable payments Reporting requirements Risk assessment Policies and procedures Program goals or objectives Savings estimates Other Written Product A63304

Fiscal year 2005 marked the second year that executive agencies were required to report improper payment information under the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA). As a steward of taxpayer dollars, the federal government is accountable for how its agencies and grantees spend billions of taxpayer dollars and is responsible for safeguarding those funds against improper payments. GAO was asked to determine the progress agencies have made in their improper payment reporting and the total amount of improper payments recouped through recovery auditing. To accomplish this, GAO reviewed improper payment information reported by 35 agencies in their fiscal year 2005 performance and accountability or annual reports. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-92/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-92.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-92/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-92.pdf GAO-07-92 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-92 Other Written Product GAO-07-92; Improper Payments: Agencies' Fiscal Year 2005 Reporting under the Improper Payments Information Act Remains Incomplete; Accountability Audit reports Data integrity Erroneous payments Executive agencies Government information Internal controls Payments Program abuses Program evaluation Program management Questionable payments Reporting requirements Risk assessment Policies and procedures Program goals or objectives Savings estimates Title 7 Section 7001(a) 7 U.S.C. 7001(a) Title 38 Section 38 Title 38 Section 501(a) Title 38 Section 5112(b)(4)(A) 38 U.S.C. 38 38 U.S.C. 501(a) 38 U.S.C. 5112(b)(4)(A)