# DHS - OIG-22-69 - 7
> **Closed** recommendation · 2022-09-22
**Report:** FEMA Did Not Implement  Controls to Prevent More  than $3.7 Billion in  Improper Payments from  the Lost Wages Assistance  Program ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/33336))
**OIG report number:** OIG-22-69
**Recommendation number:** 7
## Text
We recommend the FEMA Administrator de-obligate and recover any monies determined to have been obtained fraudulently or other improper payments through Lost Wages Assistance from the state workforce agencies.
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*Source: oversight.gov · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*