June 2015 Board Meeting
06/23/2015
The Board met with Social Security Administration (SSA) Inspector General Patrick O’Carroll and Deputy Inspector General Gale Stallworth Stone. Mr. O’Carroll described the current issues related to the Death Master File (DMF), such as the effect of inaccurate reporting on improper payments. Ms. Stone then explained challenges in the SSA representative payee program addressing misuse as well as elderly abuse. Mr. O’Carroll also briefly spoke about the work being done in regards to expanding Cooperative Disability Investigation (CDI) units. The Board next met in Executive Session with SSA Acting Commissioner Carolyn Colvin. In the afternoon, the Board met with Marianna LaCanfora, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Retirement and Disability Policy and Dan Zabronsky, Division Director of the Office of Modeling, Office of Budget, Finance, Quality, and Management. Mr. Zabronsky began by discussing the integrity of the representative payee program and the two types of reviews conducted by SSA – mandatory and discretionary reviews. The Board also met with Mike Murphy, Marc Goldwein, and David Barnes, members of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB). CRFB staff discussed the different papers that they are sponsoring for their SSDI Solutions Initiative.
