Efforts To Control Fraud, Abuse, and Mismanagement in Domestic Food Assistance Programs: Progress Made--More Needed

The status of corrective actions taken on past GAO recommendations in 17 reports dealing with fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in several food assistance programs administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) are reviewed. Information on corrective actions was obtained through interviews with agency officials from USDA headquarters and some regional staffs, and by reference to other pertinent sources. Fieldwork was not performed to verify that the corrective actions had been effectively implemented. Although many improvements have been made, administrative and legislative correction is still lacking on some matters.