State Audit Watch

Wisc. Agency Evaluating Response to Overpayments

Audit Finds IT Errors Resulted in Duplicative Payments Made Over Two Days in April
Jerry Ashworth
July 27, 2020 at 08:24:32 ET
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) planned by mid-August to determine how many individuals were overpaid benefits from the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program in April, after a Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau (WLAB) audit estimated that the department erroneously issued more than $21 million in overpayments in a two-day period. DWD administers the state’s UI... Read More