Jekyll2026-08-14T20:44:44+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/feed/audit_reports.xmlThe Office of the Inspector General is directly responsible for meeting the statutory mission of promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of Social Security Administration programs and operations and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in such programs and operations.2026-08-05T00:00:00+00:002026-08-05T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/recovery-efforts-for-deceased-beneficiaries%E2%80%99-overpaymentsThe objective was to determine whether Social Security Administration employees followed policy for recovering overpayments made to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance beneficiaries who subsequently died with outstanding overpayment balances.

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2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:002026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/the-social-security-administration%E2%80%99s-compliance-with-the-payment-integrity-information-act-of-2019-in-fiscal-year-2025The objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration met all requirements of the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 in the Fiscal Year 2025 Agency Financial Report and accompanying materials.

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2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:002026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/administrative-sanctions-and-benefit-withholdingThe objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration correctly processed administrative sanctions and recovered related overpayments.

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2026-06-26T00:00:00+00:002026-06-26T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/the-social-security-administration%E2%80%99s-use-of-microsoft-365-licensesThe objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration procured Microsoft 365 licenses in accordance with its operational needs.

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2026-06-26T00:00:00+00:002026-06-26T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/department-of-the-treasury-reclamationsThe objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration used the Department of the Treasury’s reclamation process to recover payments it issued to deceased beneficiaries.

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2026-06-24T00:00:00+00:002026-06-24T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/retroactive-benefits-paid-to-child-beneficiariesThe objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration properly paid retroactive payments to child beneficiaries receiving Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits.

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2026-06-24T00:00:00+00:002026-06-24T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/beneficiaries-incorrectly-recorded-as-deceasedThe objective was to determine whether the Social Security Administration complied with its policies for correcting living beneficiaries recorded as deceased from January 2020 through December 2024. We are not making formal recommendations for corrective action, and the Agency can act in response to this information as it deems appropriate.

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2026-06-05T00:00:00+00:002026-06-05T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/single-audit-of-the-state-of-georgia-for-the-fiscal-year-ended-june-30-2025This memorandum presents the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) portion of the single audit of the State of Georgia for the Fiscal Year (FY) ended June 30, 2025.1 The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts conducted the audit. Our objective was to report internal control weaknesses, noncompliance issues, and unallowable costs identified in the single audit to SSA for resolution.

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2026-05-26T00:00:00+00:002026-05-26T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/court-ordered-restitutions-for-individuals-convicted-of-social-security-fraudThe objective was to determine whether Social Security Administration employees properly recorded and monitored the collection of court-ordered restitutions for individuals convicted of Social Security fraud.

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2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:002026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00https://oig.ssa.gov/audit-reports/follow-up-on-cost-benefit-analysis-of-processing-low-dollar-overpaymentsThe attached final report presents the results of the Office of Audit’s review. The objective was to follow up on prior recommendations related to capturing the average cost to collect overpayments and determine whether there are actions the Social Security Administration could take to improve the processing of low-dollar overpayments.

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