Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration Does Not Require the National Association of State Workforce Agencies to Report Suspected Unemployment Insurance Fraud Data to the Office of Inspector General or the Employment and Training Administration

Submitting OIG:

Department of Labor OIG

Date Issued:

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Labor

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

19-21-006-03-315

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Other

Special Projects:

Pandemic

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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19-21-006-03-315NASWA-Alert-MemoFinal-Rpt070121.pdf	325.68 KB

Additional Details Link:

https://www.oig.dol.gov/public/reports/oa/2021/19-21-006-03-315.pdf

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
1	Open	Yes
We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training take immediate action to require NASWA to refer information to ETA and the OIG on suspected fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, or misconduct, per DLMS 8-106(D)(3). Such actions could include modification of ETA’s grant award or issuance of unemployment insurance program policy guidance to ensure ETA complies with the notice requirement and its grantees comply with the reporting requirements of the DLMS.
2	Open	Yes
We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training continue to work with the OIG and, within 30 days of this memorandum, meet with the OIG to develop a permanent approach to OIG access to IDH data.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

Yes

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training take immediate action to require NASWA to refer information to ETA and the OIG on suspected fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, or misconduct, per DLMS 8-106(D)(3). Such actions could include modification of ETA’s grant award or issuance of unemployment insurance program policy guidance to ensure ETA complies with the notice requirement and its grantees comply with the reporting requirements of the DLMS.

Open

Yes

We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training continue to work with the OIG and, within 30 days of this memorandum, meet with the OIG to develop a permanent approach to OIG access to IDH data.

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Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration Does Not Require the National Association of State Workforce Agencies to Report Suspected Unemployment Insurance Fraud Data to the Office of Inspector General or the Employment and Training Administration

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