# COVID-19: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance For Non-Traditional Claimants Weakened By Billions In Overpayments, Including Fraud
> **Audit** by Department of Labor OIG · 2023-09-27
> *About: Department of Labor*
## Report
- **Title:** COVID-19: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance For Non-Traditional Claimants Weakened By Billions In Overpayments, Including Fraud
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Labor OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Labor
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2023-09-27

## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Open): We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training develop a document that captures lessons learned from the implementation of the pandemic-related UI programs that can be used to provide legislative technical assistance…
- **Rec 2** (Closed): We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training provide guidance to states regarding the criminal statute of limitations, which could impact the ability to criminally charge individuals that engaged in pandemic-…
- **Rec 3** (Closed): We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training work with Congressional stakeholders to inform them of the urgency of the statute of limitations concerning pandemic-related UI fraud.
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/covid-19-pandemic-unemployment-assistance-non-traditional-claimants-weakened-billions)
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