The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided more than $70 billion to the Department of Labor (DOL) in four areas:
- Unemployment benefits - $66 billion (estimated),
- Employment and Training - $4.5 billion
- Job Corps construction and rehabilitation - $250 million, and
- Departmental oversight - $80 million.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) received a separate appropriation of $6 million to carry out oversight activities of the expenditure of these funds.
The OIG’s plan for oversight is to conduct work in phases over the period during which Recovery Act funds will be expended.
Phase one addressed how DOL is planning its administration and oversight. The OIG’s work during this phase included assessing how DOL planned to account for Recovery Act funds, how it provided guidance to states and grantees, how it established performance measures for Recovery activities, and whether DOL had develop the required reporting requirements.
Phase two is focusing on how DOL awards funds to grantees and contractors. Of the $4.5 billion in grants, approximately $3.5 billion is formula and $1 billion is discretionary. Formula funds were awarded in FY 2009 while discretionary funds must be awarded by June 30, 2010. The OIG will look particularly at how discretionary grants are selected. During this phase the OIG will also review contract award decisions by Job Corps.
Phase three will assess how grantees and contractors performed and what was accomplished with Recovery Act funding. Formula grant funds must generally be spent by 2011, while discretionary grant funds will generally be spent through 2013. The OIG will audit states' utilization and accounting for the Federal share of unemployment benefits. Funding for unemployment benefits is through December 2009. Finally, the OIG will audit construction and rehabilitation contracts awarded by Job Corps. Job Corps funding is available through June 2010. This phase will also include a review of DOL's oversight of grantees and contractors.
The OIG has a team of OIG auditors devoted to ARRA oversight. Moreover, the OIG is supplementing its own audit staff with independent audit firms. Finally, the OIG hired 2 full-time auditors to oversee these contracts as well as supervise work the OIG will conduct with its own appropriation.
- Plans
- Reports
- Monthly Reports
- Funding Notifications
- OIG Audit Reports
- Recovery Act: Quality Control Review Single Audit of Job Service North Dakota for the Year Ended June 30, 2010
Report No. 18-11-008-03-001 (September 30, 2011)
No Summary |
[ Full Report ] {1.64 MB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Slow Pace Placing Workers Into Jobs Jeopardizes Employment Goals of The Green Jobs Program
Report No. 18-11-004-03-390 (September 30, 2011)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {1.64 MB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: ETA Needs to Strengthen Management Controls to Meet YouthBuild Program Objectives Report
Report No. 18-11-001-03-001 (March 31, 2011)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {1.40 MB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Workforce Investment Act Youth Program
Report No. 18-11-006-03-390 (March 31, 2011)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {503 KB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Enforcement of Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws
Report No. 18-11-007-04-410 (March 31, 2011)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {415 KB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Enforcement of Davis-Bacon Act Prevailing Wage Rate Determinations
Report No. 18-11-009-04-420 (March 31, 2011)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {244 KB}
- Recovery Act: Quality Control Review Single Audit of New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions for the Year Ended June
Report No. 18-11-002-03-001 (March 31, 2011)
No Summary |
[ Full Report ] {225 KB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Quality Control Review of the Single Audit of PathStone Corporation and Affiliates for the Year Ended September 30, 2009
Report No. 18-11-008-03-365 (March 8, 2011)
No Summary |
[ Full Report ] {46 KB}
- Recovery Act: Quality Control Review of the Single Audit of the State of Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency Administration Fund for the Year Ended September 30, 2009
Report No. 18-11-003-03-315 (February 24, 2011)
No Summary |
[ Full Report ] {46 KB}
- Recovery Act: More Than $1.3 Billion in Unemployment Insurance Modernization Incentive Payments Are Unlikely to Be Claimed by States
Report No. 18-10-012-03-315 (September 30, 2010)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {306 KB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Employment and Training Administration Grant Issuance and Monitoring Policies and Procedures for Discretionary Grants Including Green Jobs are Comprehensive but Funding Challenges Threaten the Quality of Future Monitoring Activities
Report No. 18-10-013-03-390 (September 30, 2010)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {306 KB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Job CORPS Could Not Demonstrate that the Acquisition of the New Facility at the Los Angeles Job CORPS Center Using a Multi-Year Lease was the Least Expensive Option
Report No. 18-10-009-03-370 (September 30, 2010)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {306 KB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Quality Control Review Single Audit of Human Resources and Occupational Development Council of Puerto Rico for Year Ended June 30, 2009
Report No. 18-10-008-03-390 (September 29, 2010)
[ No Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {306 KB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Data Quality in Recipient Reporting
Report No. 18-10-002-03-390 (September 27, 2010)
[ Summary ] |
[ Full Report ] {306 KB} |
[ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Quality Control Review Single Audit of Upper Rio Grande Workforce Development Board, Inc. for the Year Ended June 30, 2009
Report No. 18-10-007-03-390 (September 16, 2010)
[ No Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {712 KB} | [ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Quality Control Review Single Audit of State of Michigan Unemployment Compensation Fund for the Year Ended September 30,2009
Report No. 18-10-010-03-315
(September 16, 2010)
[ No Summary] | [ Full Report ]{712 KB}
- Recovery Act: Actions Needed to Better Ensure Congressional Intent Can Be Met in the Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs
Report No. 18-10-004-03-390 (March 31, 2010)
[ Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {712 KB} | [ Response ]
- Recovery Act: The U.S. Department of Labor Needs to Evaluate its Role in The Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) Program
Report No. 18-10-003-03-390 (March 31, 2010)
[ Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {620 KB} | [ Response ]
- Recovery Act: OASAM Needs to Ensure that Job Corps Contract Modifications Meet Recovery Act Requirements
Report No. 18-10-005-07-001 (March 30, 2010)
[ Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {280 KB} | [ Response ]
- Recovery Act: ETA Took Recommended Corrective Action to Ensure Congressional Intent Could Be Met in the YouthBuild Program
Report No. 18-10-006-03-001 (March 16, 2010)
[ Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {490k} | [ Response ]
- Recovery Act: The Department of Labor's Plan to Ensure Data Quality in Recipient Reporting
Report No. 18-10-001-01-001 (October 30, 2009)
[ No Summary] | [ Full Report ] {226k} | [ Response ]
- Recovery Act: EBSA Could Improve Some Aspects of its Implementation of the COBRA Premium Assistance Provisions
RReport No. 18-09-003-12-001 (September 30, 2009)
[ Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {1.63 MB} | [ Response ]
- Recovery Act: States Have Aggressively Implemented the $25 Weekly Supplemental Unemployment Benefit but Some Challenges Remain
Report No. 18-09-004-03-315 (September 30, 2009)
[ Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {490k} | [ Response ]
- Recovery Act: Performance Reporting Creates Challenges for The Department of Labor
Report No. 18-09-002-01-001 (September 29, 2009)
[ Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {420 KB} | [ Response ]
- Alert Memorandum: Recovery Act: YouthBuild Grantees Have Not Been Informed of the Expanded Population Eligible to be Served with Recovery Act Funds
Report No. 18-09-005-03-001 (September 29, 2009)
[ No Summary] | [ Full Report ] {41 KB}
- Procedures for Accounting and Reporting Financial Activity Under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Report No. 18-09-001-13-001 (August 28, 2009)
[ Summary ] | [ Full Report ] {410 KB} | [ Response ]
DOL’s Recovery Website This site details DOL’s progress of implementing the Act along with required reporting by the Department
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