# COVID-19: The Employment and Training Administration Needs to Improve Oversight of Grants Awarded in New York
> **Audit** by Department of Labor OIG · 2025-09-26
> *About: Department of Labor*
## Report
- **Title:** COVID-19: The Employment and Training Administration Needs to Improve Oversight of Grants Awarded in New York
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Labor OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Labor
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2025-09-26

## Recommendations

- **Rec 001** (Open): 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…
- **Rec 002** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training establish and implement a plan to improve monitoring activities to ensure grant recipients and sub-recipients are properly documenting eligibility and ensuring participant-level services…
- **Rec 003** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training remedy the $19,639,718 in questioned costs associated with the contractual service contracts awarded in non-compliance with federal requirements.
- **Rec 004** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training remedy the $5,751,502 in questioned costs associated with payroll and non-payroll costs.
- **Rec 005** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training establish and implement a plan to increase the level of technical assistance and monitoring for grant recipients and sub-recipients to ensure they comply with the general procurement…
- **Rec 006** (Open): We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training develop and implement a formal comprehensive Conflict of Interest Policy to ensure staff are actively monitoring, identifying and resolving conflict of interest issues.
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/covid-19-employment-and-training-administration-needs-improve-oversight-grants-7)
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