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DOL Needs to Address Substantial Pandemic UI Fraud and Reduce ...


GAO Doubles Pandemic UI Fraud Estimate up to $135 Billion

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is estimating that unemployment insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic reached a range of ...

Government watchdog finds $60 billion in pandemic unemployment ...

Despite multiple warnings, the Department of Labor has yet to implement a comprehensive strategy for detecting unemployment insurance fraud.

Pandemic jobless benefits fraud likely tops $60 billion. House GOP ...

More than $60 billion may have been paid out in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Monday.

Program Integrity and Fraud Concerns Related to the COVID-19 ...

UI administrative requirements that would address ... would have also been required to submit State Unemployment Fraud Recoupment plans to DOL.

Report Unemployment Fraud - Missouri Department of Labor - MO.gov

The Division of Employment Security (DES) actively engages and prosecutes unemployment insurance (UI) fraud. Offenders may be subject to canceled benefits, ...

Unemployment Insurance Fraud in the Debit Card Market Umang ...

DOL needs to address substantial pandemic UI fraud and reduce persistent ... fraud after the pandemic, the average share of suspicious cards is lower on average.

Untitled - Senator Todd Young

Government Accountability Office, GAO-23-106586, Unemployment Insurance: DOL Needs to Address. Substantial Pandemic UI Fraud and Reduce ...

Unemployment Insurance System Unprepared for Another Recession

Restrictive and outdated eligibility requirements prevent far too many jobless workers from getting any UI benefits, while significant limits on ...

Fraud had big role in $163 billion pandemic unemployment system ...

More than $163 billion in benefits likely leaked from the unemployment system during the pandemic, with a “significant portion” attributable to fraud.

GAO Releases New Estimate of COVID Unemployment Insurance ...

In February 2023, the Department of Labor Inspector General reported that at least $191 billion in pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) payments ...

Modernizing Unemployment Insurance - Bipartisan Policy Center

DOL has taken steps to address this issue by providing states with both digital ... address— sharing this data between states can help prevent and identify fraud.

DiNapoli: Problems Caused by Outdated System Left State's ...

The state Department of Labor (DOL) failure to replace its long-troubled Unemployment Insurance (UI) system and ad hoc workarounds to ...

FACT SHEET: President Biden's Sweeping Pandemic Anti-Fraud ...

In addition, the Biden Administration made a portion of American Rescue Plan grants offered to all 53 state and territories for UI modernization ...

How AI could make UI fraud easier - Niskanen Center

During the pandemic, expanded UI benefits led to a surge in fraudulent claims, exposing significant vulnerabilities in the system. AI may soon ...

Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 118th Congress

The 118th Congress has provided oversight of COVID-19 pandemic UI programs, with a focus on improper payments— especially fraudulent ...

Disparities in Access to Unemployment Insurance During the COVID ...

Additionally, the DOL has also said that the program was more vulnerable to fraud (for detail on California, see EDD 2021a). How the PUA program ...

Federal State Unemployment Insurance | CFO.gov

The. Department is actively working on guidance and funding opportunities to reduce improper payments, prevent and detect fraud, strengthen ID verification, and ...

Federal Pandemic Spending - National Employment Law Project

DOL provides substantial resources to states to pursue and prevent UI fraud. Since the pandemic began, DOL has used CARES Act and ARPA funds ...

Calculating the Road to Losing $400 Billion Dollars - ID.me Network

Executive Summary · Over $1 trillion was spent on unemployment benefits, according to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC).

Decrease Unemployment Insurance Improper Payments

In addition, states have refocused resources to combat a significant increase in UI fraud. Therefore, the Department anticipates delays in meeting the ...