OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
AUDIT AND OTHER REPORTS
- CIGIE Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing Multiple Federal Agencies (02/03/2021)
- Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Update: Top Challenges in Pandemic Relief and Response (02/03/2021)
- Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Federal COVID-19 Testing Report: Data Insights from Six Federal Health Care Programs (01/14/2020)
- Semiannual Report to Congress, Volume 84 (April 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020)
- 2020 Top Management and Performance Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of Labor
- COVID-19: Increased Worksite Complaints and Reduced OSHA Inspections Leave U.S. Workers' Safety at Increased Risk
Report No. 19-21-003-10-105 (February 25, 2021)
[Summary
] | [Full Report ] {652 KB} | [Response ] - Alert Memorandum: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Needs to Ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) Implement Effective Unemployment Insurance Program Fraud Controls for High Risk Areas
Report No. 19-21-002-03-315 (February 22, 2021)
No Summary | [Full Report] {224 KB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: States Cite Vulnerabilities in Detecting Fraud While Complying with the CARES Act UI Program Self-Certification Requirement
Report No. 19-21-001-03-315 (October 21, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.88 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: OSHA Needs To Improve Its Handling Of WhistleBlower Complaints During the Pandemic
Report No. 19-20-010-10-105 (August 14, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.69 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: WHD Needs To Closely Monitor The Pandemic Impact On Its Operations
Report No. 19-20-009-15-001 (August 07, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.92 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: More Can Be Done to Mitigate Risk to Unemployment Compensation Under The CARES Act
Report No. 19-20-008-03-315 (August 07, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.60 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: ETA Should Continue To Closely Monitor Impact On Job Corps Program
Report No. 19-20-007-03-370 (July 28, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {0.78 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: MSHA Faces Multiple Challenges in Responding to the Pandemic
Report No. 19-20-006-06-001 (July 24, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.72 MB} | [Response ] - COVID-19: OWCP Should Continue to Closely Monitor Impact on Claims Processing
Report No. 19-20-004-04-001 (July 6, 2020)
[Summary] | [Full Report ] {1.72 MB} | [Response ] - Advisory Report: CARES Act: Key Areas of Concern Regarding Implementation of Dislocated Worker Grant Provisions
Report No. 19-20-005-03-391 (June 23, 2020)
No Summary | [Full Report] {272 KB} - Top Pandemic Challenges Facing the U.S. Department of Labor - June 17, 2020
- Alert Memorandum: The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program Needs Proactive Measures to Detect and Prevent Improper Payments and Fraud
Report No. 19-20-002-03-315 (May 26, 2020)
No Summary | [Full Report] {195 KB} | [Response ] - Alert Memorandum: ETA Needs to Improve its Plans for Providing Administrative, Financial Management, and Audit Requirements Relief to Grant Recipients Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Report No. 19-20-003-03-001 (May 19, 2020)
No Summary | [Full Report] {933 KB} - CARES Act: Initial Areas of Concern Regarding Implementation of Unemployment Insurance Provisions
Report No. 19-20-001-03-315 (April 21, 2020)
No Summary | [Full Report] {327 MB}
Recently Announced Projects
- Audit of COVID-19: OSHA Operations and Efforts to Protect Workers
- February 22, 2021, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Audit of Job Corps COVID-19 Resumption of Center Operations Plans
- November 13, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of COVID-19 OSHA Inspections Collaboration Process
- October 9, 2020, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Audit of COVID-19 Dislocated Worker Grants (DWG)
- August 24, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of WHD’s Implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Phase 2)
- August 14, 2020, Wage and Hour Division - Audit of OWCP's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Phase 2)
- August 6, 2020, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs - Audit of DOL and States Implementation of CARES Act Unemployment Insurance Provisions
- July 6, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Initiation of Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Job Corps Center Operations
- May 22, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on OWCP Claims Processing and Adjudication
- May 7, 2020, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs - Audit of OSHA COVID-19 Whistleblower Complaint Process
- May 6, 2020, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Audit of Unemployment Insurance Self-Certification Fraud Detection under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program
- May 5, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on MSHA Inspections and Investigations” Engagement Letter
- April 29, 2020, Mine Safety & Health Administration - Audit of WHD’s Plan for Implementing COVID-19 Guidance and Oversight
- April 20, 2020, Wage and Hour Division - Audit of DOL's Response to Unemployment Insurance Programs Expansion under the CARES Act
- April 14, 2020, Employment and Training Administration - Audit of OSHA's Guidance to Workplaces for Preventing Exposures to COVID-19
- April 14, 2020, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Fraud Alerts
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Issuance of Erroneous Forms 1099-G due to Fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Claims
- February 26, 2021 -
Text Message Phishing Scheme
- January 29, 2021 -
Money Mule Awareness Campaign One-Pager
- September 22, 2020 -
Unemployment Insurance Fraud Consumer Protection Guide
- September 21, 2020 -
Unemployment Insurance Phishing Fraud Alert
(En Español)
- June 12, 2020 -
Unemployment Insurance Fraud Alert
(En Español)
- April 16, 2020
INVESTIGATIONS
- Federal Indictment Charges Charlotte Man For Defrauding COVID-19 Government Benefits Programs (USAO WD-NC 2/22/2021)
- San Gabriel Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud Charge for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $500,000 in COVID-19 Jobless Relief (USAO CD-CA 02/18/2021)
- Westmoreland County Woman Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Fraud (USAO WD-PA 02/11/2021)
- Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Multiple Fraudulently-Obtained Unemployment Insurance Benefits Debit Cards (USAO D-NV 02/03/2021)
- Springfield Woman Indicted on Charges of Fraud Related to Small Business Administration COVID-19 Disaster Loan Program (USAO CD-IL 02/03/2021)
- West Virginia Woman Admits Filing for Pandemic Unemployment Benefits for Incarcerated Co-defendant (USAO WD-PA 02/02/2021)
- Former Department of Unemployment Assistance Employee and Husband Indicted on Fraud Charges Arising From Pandemic Unemployment Claims (USAO D-MA 01/21/2021)
- Le Mars Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-19 Related Unemployment Fraud (USAO ND-IA 01/21/2021)
- Attorney General Raoul Announces Attorney General's Task Force on Unemployment Insurance Benefits Fraud (IL Attorney General 01/08/2021)
- U.S. Attorney's Office Announces: (1) Funding to Hire Prosecutor to Combat Unemployment Insurance Fraud and (2) Charges Against Man for Unemployment Insurance Fraud (USAO D-NV 12/23/2020)
- Saratoga Springs Man Charged with COVID-19 Relief Unemployment Insurance Fraud (USAO ND-NY 12/21/2020)
- Former Department of Unemployment Assistance Employee and Husband Arrested on Fraud Charges Arising from Pandemic Unemployment Claims (USAO D-MA 12/18/2020)
- Former California Unemployment Office Worker Charged in Scheme to Steal Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Pandemic Unemployment Aid (USAO SD-CA 12/17/2020)
- Two COVID-19 Unemployment Benefit Fraud Schemes Charged in the Eastern District of California (USAO ED-CA 12/17/2020)
- Menifee Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charge for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $500,000 in COVID-19 Jobless Relief (USAO CD-CA 12/16/2020)
- U.S. Law Enforcement Takes Action Against Approximately 2,300 Money Mules In Global Crackdown On Money Laundering (DOJ News Release 12/02/2020)
- Atlanta Woman Charged with Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fraud and Identity Theft (USAO ND-GA 11/16/2020)
- Farmington Hills Man Indicted in Unemployment Insurance, Credit Card Scams (USAO ED-MI 10/28/2020)
- Six Individuals Charged with Federal Identity Fraud Crimes (USAO D-MA 10/23/2020)
- Department of Justice is Combatting COVID-19 Fraud but Reminds the Public to Remain Vigilant (USAO WD-LA 10/20/2020)
- Rapper Who Bragged about Unemployment Benefits Scam in Music Video Arrested for Allegedly Bilking COVID-19 Jobless Relief Program (USAO CD-CA 10/16/2020)
- Four Arrested, More Than $1.2m Seized in Federal, State Investigation into CARES Act Unemployment Benefits Fraud in Rhode Island (USAO D-RI 10/14/2020)
- Charlotte Man Involved in Two Separate Identity Theft Schemes Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges (USAO WD-NC 10/02/2020)
- Four Chester County Residents Charged with COVID-19 Related Unemployment Fraud (USAO ED-PA 09/01/2020)
- Two Charged in $1.8 Million Unemployment Insurance Scam (USAO ED-MI 08/25/2020)
- Melrose Man Indicted for Unemployment Insurance Scam (USAO D-MA 08/24/2020)
- Southfield Man Charged in Multi-State Idenity Theft and Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO ED-MI 08/19/2020)
- State Contractor Charged in $2 million Unemployment Fraud Scheme (USAO ED-MI 7/17/2020)
- Maryland Department of Labor Uncovers Massive Criminal Fraud Scheme (Maryland Dept. of Labor 7/15/2020)
- 8 Arrested on Federal Indictment Alleging Scheme to Obtain $1.1 Million in Unemployment Benefits Through Sham Companies (USAO CD-CA 07/07/2020)
- Nearly 3,800 Fraudulently Filed Unemployment Insurance Claims Blocked by the U.S. Department of Labor (USAO ND-OK 06/29/2020)
- Attorney General Nessel Establishes Unemployment Insurance Fraud Task Force To Pursue Bad Actors (MI Attorney Gen. News Release 06/05/2020)
- State and Federal Officials Urge Mainers to Report Unemployment Fraud (USAO D-ME 05/26/2020)
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
- Unemployment Insurance During COVID-19: The CARES Act and the Role of Unemployment Insurance During the Pandemic
June 9, 2020 – Statement for the Record of Scott S. Dahl, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor
Senate Committee on Finance - Subcommittee on Government Operations Briefing with the Inspector General for the Department of Labor
June 1, 2020 – Statement of Scott S. Dahl, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor House Committee on Oversight and Reform; Subcommittee on Government Operations
OIG HOTLINE
If you would like to report an allegation of fraud involving unemployment insurance or other U.S. Department of Labor activities or programs, please contact the OIG Hotline at: https://www.oig.dol.gov/hotline.htm or 202-693-6999 or 1-800-347-3756.
