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 2008-01-31 monographic deposited born digital 37 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-438T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-438T P0b002ee18039b55b f:d08438t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-438T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-438T GAO-08-438T Accountability Data integrity Erroneous payments Executive agencies Federal/state relations Financial management Financial statements Medicaid Payments Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements State-administered programs Executive agency oversight Transparency Testimony A80331 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 and recouping those funds when improper payments occur. The Congress enacted the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) and section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, commonly known as the Recovery Auditing Act, to address these issues. GAO was asked to testify on agencies' efforts to eliminate and recover improper payments. Specifically, GAO focused on (1) progress made in agencies' implementation and reporting under IPIA for fiscal year 2007, (2) major challenges that continue to hinder full reporting of improper payment information, and (3) agencies' efforts to report on recovery auditing and recoup contract overpayments. This testimony is based in part on a recently issued report (GAO-08-377R) in addition to a further review and analysis of improper payment and recovery auditing information reported in agencies' fiscal year 2007 performance and accountability reports (PAR) or annual reports. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provided technical comments which GAO incorporated as appropriate. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-438T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-438T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-438T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-438T.pdf GAO-08-438T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-438T Testimony GAO-08-438T; Improper Payments: Status of Agencies' Efforts to Address Improper Payment and Recovery Auditing Requirements; Accountability Data integrity Erroneous payments Executive agencies Federal/state relations Financial management Financial statements Medicaid Payments Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements State-administered programs Executive agency oversight Transparency Volume 92 Page 3641 92 Stat. 3641 Volume 115 Page 1012 115 Stat. 1012 Volume 116 Page 2350 116 Stat. 2350 Public Law 95-630 Public Law 107-107 Public Law 107-300