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COVID-19: The Employment and Training Administration Needs to Improve Oversight of Grants Awarded in New Jersey

Audit · Department of Labor OIG · 2023-09-28 · about Department of Labor

Report

Title
COVID-19: The Employment and Training Administration Needs to Improve Oversight of Grants Awarded in New Jersey
Submitting OIG
Department of Labor OIG
Component agency
Department of Labor
Type
Audit
Publication date
2023-09-28

Recommendations (7)

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1OpenWe recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Develop and implement risk tolerance for the amount of participants being served under the WIOA Adult, Youth, and Dislocated Workers program.
2ClosedWe recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Regularly monitor Bergen Community College’s performance and provide the necessary assistance to ensure $7.2 million in remaining funds are used as intended by the…
3ClosedWe recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Develop and implement guidance to specifically identify the high risk associated with low enrollment levels in combination with the high burn rate of grant funds .
4ClosedWe recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Resolve the $265,040 in questioned costs associated with ineligible participants and ineligible payments
5OpenWe recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Establish and implement a plan to improve monitoring activities to ensure grantees and sub-recipients are properly documenting eligibility.
6ClosedWe recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Establish and implement a plan to increase the level of technical assistance and monitoring for grantees and sub-recipients to ensure they properly administer contracts…
7ClosedWe recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Resolve the $6.9 million in questioned costs associated with unaccounted expenditures and assist the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development in…

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