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

Submitting OIG:

Department of Labor OIG

Date Issued:

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Labor

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

19-23-016-03-391

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Special Projects:

Questioned Costs:

$7,165,040

Funds for Better Use:

$100,098,923

Number of Recommendations:

7

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

No

View Document:

Attachment	Size
19-23-016-03-391.pdf	1.86 MB

Additional Details Link:

https://www.oig.dol.gov/public/reports/oa/2023/19-23-016-03-391.pdf

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	Yes
We 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.
2	Open	Yes
We 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 completion of the one-year extension period
4	Open	Yes
We recommend the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training: Resolve the $265,040 in questioned costs associated with ineligible participants and ineligible payments
5	Open	Yes
We 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.
7	Open	Yes
We 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 expediting the closure of corrective action related to its accounting system.