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Benefits Payable to Widow(er)s Subject to Government Pension Offset Had They Delayed Their Application

November 19, 2020

Audit report number: A-09-19-50791
Management challenge: Improve the Prevention, Detection, and Recovery of Improper Payments
Full report: /~assets/audits/full/a-09-19-50791.pdf
Summary report: /~assets/audits/summary/a-09-19-50791summary.pdf

We issued this to determine whether the Social Security Administration had adequately informed widow(er)s who were subject to government pension offset of their option to delay their application for widow(er)s benefits.

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Benefits Payable to Widow(er)s Subject to Government Pension Offset Had They Delayed Their Application

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