Debt Collection Improvement Act: Significant Challenges Remain to Effectively Implement Treasury's Administrative Offset Program

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of the Treasury's implementation of the administrative offset provision of the Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) of 1996, focusing on: (1) the status of referrals by agencies of delinquent nontax debts to Treasury for administrative offset; (2) actions Treasury has taken and plans to take to include all eligible federal payments in the administrative offset program; and (3) actions Treasury has taken, or plans to take, to consolidate the administrative, tax refund, and federal salary offset programs.