OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
AUDIT AND OTHER REPORTS
- 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} - 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 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 Alert
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Unemployment Insurance Phishing Fraud Alert
(En Español)
- June 12, 2020 -
Unemployment Insurance Fraud Alert
(En Español)
- April 16, 2020
INVESTIGATIONS
- Maryland Department of Labor Uncovers Massive Criminal Fraud Scheme (Maryland Dept. of Labor 7/15/2020)
- 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.
