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Widow(er)s Eligible for an Earlier Initial Month of Entitlement

August 07, 2017

Audit report number: A-09-17-50187
Management challenge: Improve the Prevention, Detection, and Recovery of Improper Payments
Full report: /~assets/audits/full/a-09-17-50187.pdf
Summary report: /~assets/audits/summary/summary-50187.pdf

Our objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration (SSA) had adequate controls to establish a correct initial month of entitlement for widow(er) beneficiaries.

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Widow(er)s Eligible for an Earlier Initial Month of Entitlement

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