Treasury tells House committee Do Not Pay needs more data access to stop improper payments Treasury witnesses told a House Oversight subcommittee that Do Not Pay can scale pre-payment checks but needs statutory access to key federal datasets (tax IDs, Social Security numbers, death data) and additional modernized inputs to prevent billions in improper payments.

Treasury officials revealed that a lack of access to critical data could have prevented $28 billion in improper payments last year, highlighting urgent needs for reform.

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“[Video] Social Security Administration to begin taking back 50% of overpayments
Source: CBS News”

GAO Reports an Estimated $162 billion in Improper Payments Across the Federal Government in Fiscal Year 2024 www.gao.gov/press-releas... #GAO #FederalGov #improperpayments

5/9 Reality check: A 2024 Social Security Administration report found the agency lost about $70 billion total in improper payments from 2015 to 2022—approximately 1% of Social Security payments, not the hundreds of billions Musk suggests.
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