U.S. Department of State Fiscal Year 2019 Agency Financial Report

generated as a result of submitting disbursed payments through the Do Not Pay (DNP) portal. In 2019, the Treasury reviewed and disbursed 1,428,638 payments totaling $13.4 billion paid by the Department through the DNP portal. Potential matches were provided on a daily basis, comparing payments to the public Death Master File (DMF) of the Social Security Administration and the General Services Administration’s Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). The Department has access to the private EPLS matching criteria, and as such, the DMF results were based on a social security number and name match of any payees who have been reported as deceased. Through daily access via the Treasury DNP portal, the Department reviewed 498,963 unmatchable payments, totaling $2.3 billion, and adjudicated 3 potential erroneous payment matches as part of the post payment review process. The Department continues to utilize the Do Not Pay portal’s DMF on a pre-payment continuous monitoring basis for all annuitant payments. At least twice each month the Department’s annuitant database is screened against the DMF to identify deceased annuitants. All matches are researched and if confirmed, payment to the annuitant is stopped prior to processing the monthly annuity payment run. In 2019, 199,814 annuitant payments totaling $976 million were reviewed against the DMF and 80 payments totaling $336,765 were stopped due to this initiative. This process has been successful in timely identifying deceased annuitants and ensuring improper payments are not made. In addition, all annuity manual payments processed through Treasury’s Secure Payment System are also reviewed through the Do Not Pay DMF online search prior to making payment. For each manual payment, the Department maintains supporting documentation to show that a DMF match did not occur. For non-Treasury Disbursing Office payments made by the Department for disbursement overseas, payee information is checked against Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN). During 2019, potential payment matches were reviewed and resulted in one stopped payment totaling $354. PAYMENT RECAPTURES REPORTING (CONTINUED) ProgramorActivity (Noneof thebelow include funds recaptured from aHigh- Priority Program) Disposition of Funds Recaptured through Payment Recapture Audit Programs (dollars in thousands) Aging of Outstanding Overpayments Identified in the Payment Recapture Audit Programs (dollars in thousands) Original Purpose All Years Remaining Unrecovered Amount Outstanding (0 – 6 months) Amount Outstanding (6 months to 1 year) Amount Outstanding (over 1 year) Amount determined to not be collectable TravelProgram $ 80.2 $ 177.3 $ 0.3 $ 23.8 $ 153.3 $ — OBOPrograms 44.4 78.8 64.0 — 14.8 — Diplomatic andConsularPrograms 146.5 70.4 4.7 — 65.7 — Foreign ServiceAnnuities 48.8 — — 48.8 — AmericanCompensation WorkingCapital Fund Educational andCultural ExchangePrograms Nonproliferation,Antiterrorism,Demining OtherPrograms Officeof InspectorGeneralAudits DefenseContactAuditAgencyAudits SingleAudits Total $ 271.1 $ 375.3 $ 69.0 $ 23.8 $ 282.6 $ — 2019 A gency F inancial R eport U nited S tates D epartment of S tate | 141 PAYMENT INTEGRITY AND OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS | OTHER INFORMATION