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Department of Labor OIG
COVID-19: ETA Needs to Improve Its Oversight of States' Efforts to Identify Multistate UI Fraud
As of September 2022, the OIG reported $45.6 billion in unemployment insurance fraud, primarily from multistate claimants ($29 billion). The DOL OIG initiated audits, focusing on the ETA's oversight of potentially fraudulent CARES Act UI claims. Regis identified that seven of ten state workforce agencies confirmed fraudulent claims but noted limited action from the ETA in monitoring investigations or ensuring effective fraud identification tools. Regis examined 181 claimants, finding $1.6 million in payments, with $404,288 confirmed as fraudulent (25% fraud rate). Regis offered three...
Small Business Administration OIG
SBA’s Oversight of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Recipients
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is issuing this report to present the results of our audit of SBA’s Oversight of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) Recipients. The SVOG program was established on December 27, 2020, as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act. In total, Congress provided $16.25 billion for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to award grants to eligible businesses in the live arts and entertainment industry. As of October 2024, SBA identified $544 million in potential improper payments that need to be recovered. SBA...
Department of Commerce OIG
EDA Needs to Improve Oversight of CARES Act Revolving Loan Funds to Ensure Loans Are Made to Eligible Borrowers and Used as Intended
Our audit found that loan costs claimed by the RLF operators were not allowable, allocable, and reasonable. Specifically, we found that the four operators awarded 11 of the 19 loans (58 percent), totaling $4,020,050, to ineligible borrowers that did not meet the eligibility criteria in the operators’ respective RLF operational plan, and borrowers did not use the RLF funds for the purpose intended by the CARES Act. As a result, we are questioning $4,020,050 in loan funds. In addition, we found RLF operators with 20 percent or more loans that were delinquent, in default, or written off, and EDA...
U.S. Agency for International Development OIG
Global Health: USAID Planned for Emergency Responses in Accordance With Best Practices but Gaps Remain
Department of Commerce OIG
Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Properly Disbursed Funds but Was Slow in Expending Fishery Disaster Assistance Funds
We audited the Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER’s) use of Federal Emergency and Pandemic Relief Financial Assistance Funds. Our audit objective was to determine whether federal funds received by PRDNER to support its fisheries in recovering from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic1 and damages caused by several hurricanes were properly disbursed and used for their intended purpose. We conducted this audit in response to a congressional request, and answers to congressional questions about disaster relief funds are included in this report. Overall, we...
Election Assistance Commission OIG
Audit of the Administration of Help American Vote Act Grants Awarded to the U.S. Virgin Islands
EAC OIG audited Help America Vote Act (HAVA) grants administered by the Election System of the Virgin Islands (ESVI), totaling $2.2 million. This included federal funds, program income, and interest earned on the Election Security and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds.