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Department of the Treasury OIG

Desk Review of Puerto Rico

The objective of this desk review is to evaluate Puerto Rico's documentation supporting the uses of its Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) proceeds as reported in GrantSolutions and to assess risk of unallowable use of funds. The scope of our review will include obligation and expenditure data for the period of March 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Department of Labor OIG

COVID-19: Audit of the Temporary Full Federal Funding of Regular Compensation Program

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Department of Labor OIG

Audit of DOL’s Oversight of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program’s Emergency Administrative Grant

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act was signed into law and included a division coined the Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization Access Act of (EUISSA) 2020. The EUISSA authorizes the Department of Labor (DOL) to transfer emergency administrative grants (grants0 to states’ Unemployment Trust Fund for the amount of $1 billion to administer its Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. DOL to date has provided the $1 billion in grants to states to administer the UI program. This audit will determine if DOL provided adequate oversight of states’ use of emergency administrative grant funds authorized under the EUISSA 2020.

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Department of Labor OIG

COVID-19: States Struggled to Implement Cares Act Unemployment Insurance Programs

Audit |

Department of the Treasury OIG

​American Rescue Plan- Application of Lessons Learned From the Coronavirus Relief Fund

Other |

Department of Education OIG

Risk of Closed Institutions of Higher Education Receiving Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Grants

The purpose of this report is to share with the U.S. Department of Education (Department) observations made by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) concerning institutions of higher education (IHE) that ceased to provide educational instruction in all programs of study (closed) and received or had access to coronavirus response and relief aid through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). We found that 17 IHEs that closed on or before December 31, 2020, applied for and were awarded a total of $4,912,675 of HEERF grants by OPE. Of these 17 IHEs, 14 drew down HEERF funds and 3 did...
Investigation |
Environmental Protection Agency OIG

EPA Did Not Conduct Agencywide Risk Assessment of CARES Act Appropriations, Increasing Risk of Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement

EPA Did Not Conduct Agencywide Risk Assessment of CARES Act Appropriations, Increasing Risk of Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement.
Audit |
Department of Labor OIG

Audit of CARES Act and Continued Assistance Acts Impact on Non-Traditional Claimants

The CARES and Continued Assistance Acts expanded states’ ability to provide unemployment insurance for many workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, including for workers who were not ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits, non traditional claimants. Our audit will determine if non traditional claimants received Unemployment Insurance benefits as intended under the CARES Act and the Continued Assistance Act. 

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Department of Labor OIG

Audit of ETA’s Oversight of UI Integrity for CARES Act Programs

Audit of ETA’s Oversight of UI Integrity for CARES Act Programs

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing
Department of Labor OIG

COVID-19: Audit of States’ Information Technology Systems Capability in Processing Unemployment Insurance Claims

Date Initiated: | Status of Work: Ongoing