mr. mader held various positions at the i.r.s. from 1971-2003 and 10 years in the federal sector before rejoining the service. mr. mader? mr. mader: thank you for inviting me today to discuss the government's ongoing efforts. i appreciate the opportunity to provide an update on this important topic. our partnership with the congress consultation with g.a.o. and the important support of the i.g. community over the the years has been vital to our efforts. addressing improper payments is a central component of this administration's effort to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. when the president took office in 2009, the improper payment rate was at an all time high. since then they have made progress by strengthening the accountability and transparency through annual reviews by inspector jens and expanded retirements for high priority programs such as a requirement to report supplemental measures and programs. as a result of this concerted effort, in 2013, we reported an improper rate of 3.53%. duri

mr. mader from the office of management and budget. he held various positions at the irs from 1971 to 2003. and then ten years in private sector before rejoining the federal service. mr. mader. >> thank you chairman johnson ranking member carper and distinguished members of the committee for inviting me today to discuss the federal governments ongoing efforts to prevent and reduce and recapture improper payments. i appreciate the opportunity to provide an update on this important topic. our partnership with the congress consultation with gao and the important support of the ig community over the years has been vital to our efforts. addressing improper payments is a central component of this effort to eliminate waste fraud and abuse when the president took office in 2009 the improper payment rate was 5.2%, an all-time high and since then the administration working together with the congress has made progress by strengthening the accountability and transparency through annual reviews by inspector

mr. mader. our knicks with is miss davis, from the government aptable office. >> chairman johnson, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discuss improper payments and the use of death data to prevent payments to deceased individuals flint. fiscal year 2014, federal agencies estimated that improper payments totaled $124.7 billion. this represents a significant increase of almost $19 billion from the fiscal year 2013 estimate. the increase can be attributed primarily to increased error rates in three major programs. medicare fee for service, medicaid and the earned income tax credit. these three programs accounted for about 65 percent of the 2014 estimate. nevertheless improper payments are a government-wide problem. the 124.7 billion estimate was attributable to 124 programs across 22 agencies. 12 programs had estimates exceeding $1 billion. one large program temporary assistant to needy families outlays of more than $16 billion, did not report an estimate c

mr. mader. >> supporting the integrity measures of the current budget. >> i appreciate these brief statements. ms. davis. >> the improper payments legislation requires inspectors generals to perform annual compliance with the criterion by pierre and there are a number of issues that are identified over the last several years implementing the recommendations that are made by these inspectors general would go further in helping to reduce improper payments. >> i want to thank all the witnesses for your thoughtful testimony, your thoughtful answers. ms. rivers thank you for sharing your story and again this committee is dedicated to making sure it's not just hearing the something comes out of this so we want to work closely with all the departments so we can prevent the types of situations that ms. rivers has had to deal with. the hearing record will remain open for 15 days until march 31 of 5:00 p.m. for submissions of statements and questions for the record. this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible