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Social Security: Causes of Increased Overpayments, 1986 to 1989

HRD-92-107 Published: Sep 28, 1992. Publicly Released: Oct 29, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Social Security Administration's (SSA) management of debt collection efforts, focusing on: (1) the general causes of and reasons for increases in benefit overpayments; (2) the average amounts and overall range of overpayments and characteristics of individuals who receive overpayments; and (3) whether staff reductions contributed to the increase in overpayments.

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Accounting errorsDebt collectionFederal agency accounting systemsFederal social security programsGovernment collectionsIncome maintenance programsOverpaymentsReductions in forceRefunds to governmentSocial security benefitsStaff utilizationSupplemental security income