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Review of Food and Nutrition Service Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Electronic Benefits Transfer Hardware

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number:
27801-0001-12
Report Type
Inspection / Evaluation
Component
Food and Nutrition Service
Description
USDA OIG'S objective was to determine whether Food and Nutrition Service has taken actions to secure IT hardware to effectively prevent Supplemental and Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit theft through card skimming, card and terminal cloning, and other similar fraudulent methods. 
Joint Report
No
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$555,915,262
View report on Oversight.gov

Recommendations

Develop a plan and timeline to issue regulations for States to implement SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer security measures that detect and prevent card cloning and skimming fraud so that the projected fraudulent and replaced benefits, totaling $555 million, could be put to better use.