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COVID-19: ETA and States Did Not Protect Pandemic-Related UI Funds from Improper Payments Including Fraud or from Payment Delays

Audit · Department of Labor OIG · 2022-09-30 · about Department of Labor

Report

Title
COVID-19: ETA and States Did Not Protect Pandemic-Related UI Funds from Improper Payments Including Fraud or from Payment Delays
Submitting OIG
Department of Labor OIG
Component agency
Department of Labor
Type
Audit
Publication date
2022-09-30

Summary

https://www.oig.dol.gov/public/reports/oa/2022/19-22-006-03-315.pdf

Recommendations (5)

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1OpenWe recommend the Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Use data collected from monitoring and BAM reports to identify the areas of highest improper payments including fraud and create a plan to prevent similar issues in future…
2ClosedWe recommend the Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Require states to have written policies and procedures, which apply lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, to continue eligibility testing and BPC procedures during…
3OpenWe recommend the Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Work with NASWA to update the IDH Participant Agreement to require state to submit the results of their UI fraud investigations.
4OpenWe recommend the Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Work with NASWA to ensure the IDH cross matches are effective at preventing the types of fraud that were detected during the pandemic and regularly update using the results of…
5ClosedWe recommend the Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Work with the OIG and states to recover the greatest practicable amount of the $7,092,604 paid to claimants connected to likely fraudulent claims.

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