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Food Assistance: Reducing Food Stamp Benefit Overpayments and Trafficking

T-RCED-98-37 Published: Oct 30, 1997. Publicly Released: Oct 30, 1997.
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GAO discussed fraud, waste, and abuse in the Food Stamp Program, focusing on: (1) the nature and extent of the problem; (2) the roles and responsibilities of the major federal agencies involved in minimizing it; and (3) the potential of electronic benefits transfer (EBT), a system of benefit delivery that replaces the traditional food stamp coupons with a debit card, to reduce it.

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Electronic benefits transfersElectronic funds transferstate relationsFood relief programsFraudInvestigations by federal agenciesOverpaymentsProgram abusesRetail facilitiesState-administered programs