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COVID-19: ETA's Oversight of Short-Time Compensation Did Not Detect $126.9 Million in Questioned Costs

Submitting OIG:

Department of Labor OIG

Date Issued:

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Labor

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

19-24-003-03-315

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Special Projects:

Questioned Costs:

$129,600,000

Funds for Better Use:

$0

Number of Recommendations:

3

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

No

View Document:

Attachment	Size
19-24-003-03-315.pdf	1.53 MB

Additional Details Link:

https://www.oig.dol.gov/cgi-bin/oa_rpts-v6.cgi?s=&y=2024&a=all

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
01	Open	Yes
We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training establish policies and procedures for monitoring, using lessons learned from the Short-Time Compensation program during the pandemic, that ensure states meet requirements for similar future temporary unemployment insurance programs that provide federal reimbursements to states.
02	Open	Yes
We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training review states’ compliance with Short-Time Compensation (STC) eligibility requirements and require all states with STC agreements to return federal funds used for reimbursements of STC benefit payments for weeks of unemployment beginning before March 27, 2020, and ending after September 6, 2021, as well as for reimbursements that exceeded benefits paid.
03	Open	Yes
We recommend the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training monitor states administering unemployment insurance programs subsidized with federal funds, including temporary programs such as Short-Time Compensation, to ensure compliance with the 3-year records retention requirements established in the Code of Federal Regulations (2 C.F.R. § 200.334).