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Report File
Date Issued
Submitting OIG
Department of Labor OIG
Other Participating OIGs
Department of Labor OIG
Agencies Reviewed/Investigated
Department of Labor
Report Number
19-24-003-03-315
Report Type
Audit
Special Projects
Pandemic
Agency Wide
Yes
Number of Recommendations
3
Questioned Costs
$129,600,000
Funds for Better Use
$0
Additional Details
https://www.oig.dol.gov/cgi-bin/oa_rpts-v6.cgi?s=&y=2024&a=all

Open Recommendations

This report has 3 open recommendations.
Recommendation Number Significant Recommendation Recommended Questioned Costs Recommended Funds for Better Use Additional Details
01 Yes $0 $0

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 Yes $129,565,581 $0

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 Yes $0 $0

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).

Department of Labor OIG

United States