# DOL - 19-23-015-03-315 - 6
> **Open** recommendation · 2023-09-28
**Report:** COVID-19: ETA Needs a Plan to Reconcile and Return to the U.S. Treasury Nearly $5 Billion Unused by States for a Temporary Unemployment Insurance Program ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/39102))
**OIG report number:** 19-23-015-03-315
**Recommendation number:** 6
## Text
We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training establish written procedures and deadlines for the timely return of funding for TFFF and future similar programs and consult with OMB and Treasury officials to execute the proper return of unused funds that remain within states’ accounts.
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