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 2008-01-23 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-377R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-377R P0b002ee18037da4f f:d08377r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-377R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-377R GAO-08-377R Accountability Data integrity Erroneous payments Executive agencies Federal/state relations Financial management Financial statements Performance measures Program evaluation Reporting requirements State-administered programs Program management Payments Medicaid Executive agency oversight Transparency Correspondence A80075 In the fourth year of implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA), major executive branch agencies reported a total improper payment estimate of about $55 billion for fiscal year 2007. This increase from the prior year estimate of $41 billion was primarily attributable to a component of the Medicaid program reporting improper payments for the first time totaling about $13 billion for fiscal year 2007. We view this increased reporting as a positive step to improve transparency over the full magnitude of improper payments across the federal government. As Congress requested, the objective of this report is to provide summary data and preliminary analysis of the improper payment estimates reported by federal executive branch agencies (federal agencies) in their fiscal year 2007 performance and accountability reports (PAR) or annual reports. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-377R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-377R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-377R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-377R.pdf GAO-08-377R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-377R Correspondence GAO-08-377R; Improper Payments: Federal Executive Branch Agencies' Fiscal Year 2007 Improper Payment Estimate Reporting; Accountability Data integrity Erroneous payments Executive agencies Federal/state relations Financial management Financial statements Performance measures Program evaluation Reporting requirements State-administered programs Program management Payments Medicaid Executive agency oversight Transparency Volume 116 Page 2350 116 Stat. 2350