Food stamp error rate 'record low' in '03.(NATION) From: The Washington Times | Date: May 10, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The amount of inaccurate payments to food stamp recipients fell to a historic low of less than 7 percent in 2003, a federal watchdog agency said in a report.

The 6.6 percent error rate is a "record low" and a significant improvement over the 9.8 error rate in 1999, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report released last week.

However, the 2003 error rate still means that about $1.4 bil...