# The U.S. Department of Labor Complied with The Payment Integrity Information Act for FY 2020, but Reported Unemployment Insurance Information Did Not Represent Total Program Year Expenses
> **Audit** by Department of Labor OIG · 2021-08-06
> *About: Department of Labor*
## Report
- **Title:** The U.S. Department of Labor Complied with The Payment Integrity Information Act for FY 2020, but Reported Unemployment Insurance Information Did Not Represent Total Program Year Expenses
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Labor OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Labor
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2021-08-06

## Summary

DOL's reported Unemployment Insurance improper payment rate of 9.17 percent is compliant with Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, it is not representative of total unemployment expenses for program year 2020. This occurred for the following reasons: (1) DOL excluded CARES Act of 2020 because these unemployment payments were not in existence for more than 12 months, and (2) DOL received direction from Office of Management and Budget to utilize the results from the first three quarters of the program year.


## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Closed): We recommend that DOL management develop procedures to ensure changes to its improper payment process are communicated to OMB in a timely manner and those communications are properly maintained for subsequent review and inspection.
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/us-department-labor-complied-payment-integrity-information-act-fy-2020-reported)
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