Count the IG among the challenges facing Social Security




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: The Social Security Administration (SSA) is on the Government Accountability Office's High-Risk List. It is there primarily because of its long-term fiscal uncertainty and questions about whether, in the long run, it can pay the benefits it owes retired Americans. But SSA also has an other internal management problem, stemming from its Office of Inspector General. That's according to Federal Drive Host Tom Temin's guest: Faith Williams, Director of the Effective and Accountable Government Program at the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices