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Federal Election Commission OIG
Report # OIG-2025-R1: Results of Pandemic Benefits Review
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated a proactive review in January 2025 to identify fraud, waste, or abuse of pandemic relief benefits that may have impacted agency employees.
Department of Labor OIG
ETA Needs to Improve Its Oversight of States' Efforts to Identify UI Fraud Using Federal Prisoners' Social Security Numbers
A federal investigation found that $267.3 million in unemployment benefits may have been improperly paid through claims using federal prisoners’ Social Security numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Auditors found that the U.S. Department of Labor failed to properly oversee state investigations, track fraudulent payments, and ensure states had access to tools that could detect fraud. Of the $684,475 in benefits reviewed across 10 state workforce agencies, $135,642 was confirmed as fraudulent, raising concerns that additional fraud went undetected due to weak oversight, staffing shortages, and...
Export-Import Bank of the United States OIG
Review of EXIM’s Concentration Risk in Aircraft Industry Sector
Department of Education OIG
Puerto Rico Department of Education’s Use of ARP ESSER Funds to Measure Student Academic Progress
Congress passed three coronavirus relief acts within a 1-year period that provided more than $275 billion for an Education Stabilization Fund to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus, including $189.5 billion for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) provided $122 billion for ESSER to help State educational agencies (SEA) and local educational agencies (LEA) safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools and address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on students. Ensuring that ARP ESSER funds are used...