[INSTITUTIONAL FRACTURE]RAW INTERCEPT / gao-reports-usda-snap-improper-payment-estimation-failures-with-three-open-recommendations-from-2018-creating-oversight-gaps-and-compliance-exposure
GAO reports USDA SNAP improper payment estimation failures with three open recommendations from 2018, creating oversight gaps and compliance exposure.
USDA's Food and Nutrition Service has failed to implement three of five 2018 GAO recommendations to improve SNAP trafficking estimates, creating measurable oversight gaps in a $100+ billion program.
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"As of September 2024, three of these recommendations remain open, including that FNS improve its trafficking estimates by, for example, evaluating the accuracy of its assumption of the percentage of benefits that are trafficked."
- TARGET STATE
- Under active congressional oversight with documented compliance failures; FNS has unresolved recommendations for improving trafficking estimates and faces quarterly reporting requirements through FY2025.
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