Improper Payments: Federal and State Coordination Needed to Report National Improper Payment Estimates on Federal ProgramsDIANE Publishing, 2006 - 71 pages |
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Page 16 - Control activities — taking actions to address identified risk areas and help ensure that management's decisions and plans are carried out and program objectives are met. • Information and communication — using and sharing relevant, reliable, and timely financial and nonfinancial information in managing operations.
Page 14 - ... with laws, regulations, and the provisions of contracts or grant agreements that could have a direct and material effect on each...
Page 34 - In addition to the reported sampling errors, the practical difficulties of conducting any survey may introduce other types of errors, commonly referred to as nonsampling errors.
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Page 60 - Within broad national guidelines which the federal government provides, each of the states: • establishes its own eligibility standards; • determines the type, amount, duration and scope of services; • sets the rate of payment for services; and • administers its own program.
Page 19 - Year 2002 contains a provision that requires agencies entering into contracts with costs exceeding $500 million annually to have cost-effective programs for identifying errors in paying contractors and for recovering amounts erroneously paid. The legislation further states that a required element of such a program is the use of recovery audits and recovery activities. The law authorizes agencies to retain recovered funds to cover in-house administrative costs as well as to pay contractors, such as...
Page 36 - Location' (see page 1 of questionnaire) 1 Alabama 2 Alaska 3 Arizona 4 Arkansas 5 California 6 Colorado 7 Connecticut 8 Delaware 9 District of Columbia 10 Florida 11 Georgia 12 Hawaii 13 Idaho 14 Illinois 15 Indiana 16 Iowa 17 Kansas 18 Kentucky 19 Louisiana 20 Maine 21 Maryland 22 Massachusetts...
Page 2 - ... Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (42 USC §§ 4801 et seq.) which prohibits the use of lead-based paint in construction or rehabilitation of residence structures. 17. Will cause to be performed the required financial and compliance audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and OMB Circular No. A-133, "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.
Page 8 - The objective of establishing a separate initiative for improper payments was to ensure that agency managers are held accountable for meeting the goals of IPIA and are therefore dedicating the necessary attention and resources to meeting IPIA requirements.