Financial Management: Billions in Improper Payments Continue to Require Attention : Report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate |
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Page 61 - The rationale for drawback has always been to encourage American commerce or manufacturing, or both. It permits the American manufacturer to compete in foreign markets without the handicap of including in his costs, and consequently in his sales price, the duty paid on imported merchandise.
Page 5 - Improper payments include errors, such as duplicate payments and calculation errors; payments for unsupported or inadequately supported claims; payments for services not rendered or to ineligible beneficiaries; and payments resulting from fraud and abuse.
Page 68 - Financial Management: Increased Attention Needed to Prevent Billions in Improper Payments (GAO/AIMD-00-10, Oct.
Page 5 - The federal govemment of the United States - the largest and most complex organization in the world - expends approximately $2 trillion a year. As the steward of taxpayer dollars, it is accountable for how its agencies and grantees spend those funds, and is responsible for safeguarding against improper payments by the govemment — payments that should not have been made or that were made for incorrect or excessive amounts.
Page 52 - Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of the Treasury, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency for International Development, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal...
Page 13 - Under current federal budget policies, as the baby boom generation leaves the workforce, spending pressures will grow rapidly due to increased costs of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Page 16 - Part 2, Preparation and Submission of Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans, and Annual Program Performance Reports (July 1999).
Page 70 - Food Stamp Program: Better Use of Electronic Data Could Result in Disqualifying More Recipients Who Traffic Benefits. GAO/RCED-00-61. Washington, DC: March 7, 2000.
Page 60 - The condition must be expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months or to result in death.
Page 37 - Such weaknesses would significantly impair the fulfillment of an agency component's mission; deprive the public of needed services; violate statutory or regulatory requirements; significantly weaken safeguards against waste, loss, unauthorized use or misappropriation of funds, property, or other assets; or result in a conflict of interest.