# 19-25-008-03-391 - Recommendation 001
> **Open** recommendation · 2025-09-26
**Report:** COVID-19: The Employment and Training Administration Needs to Improve Oversight of Grants Awarded in New York ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/170780))
**OIG report number:** 19-25-008-03-391
**Recommendation number:** 001
## Text
We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training establish and implement data verification checks to ensure participants reported are unique individuals who obtained services through Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs while strengthening controls to properly exit participants after 90 days without services.
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*Source: oversight.gov · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*