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Child Support Enforcement: Leadership Essential to Implementing Effective Automated Systems

T-AIMD-97-162 Published: Sep 10, 1997. Publicly Released: Sep 10, 1997.
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GAO discussed the results of its recent review of automated systems being developed by the states to aid in the enforcement of child support payments, focusing on the: (1) benefits that automated systems are beginning to provide, as well as the cost to date; (2) problems that impeded early progress; (3) need for stronger federal leadership; and (4) challenges posed by the new welfare legislation.

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Child support paymentsstate relationsGovernment collectionsManagement information systemsRequirements definitionState-administered programsStrategic information systems planningSystems designWorkfareAutomated systems