The Labor Department announced its latest round funding to help states fix unemployment systems battered by pandemic-era fraud.

The Georgetown University think tank released a new dataset that shows how states verify the identities of people applying online for public benefits.

The proposal would repeal funds the Labor Department set aside to help states upgrade their unemployment systems.

Unemployment insurance fraud since April 2020 could total more than $60 billion, according to a new report made public Monday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. While…

After noticing unusual activity, Ohio authorities said more than $10 million was stolen from a pandemic-era unemployment program.

State and local government workers want to spend more time preventing fraud, rather than chase it down afterward, according to a recent survey.

An ex-employee of a state board was sentenced 70 months for using her access to government databases to file phony unemployment claims.

Associate Deputy Attorney General Kevin Chambers will lead the effort, which he said will rely on data shared by state workforce agencies.

President Joe Biden said the administration will step up its enforcement against pandemic unemployment fraud, which has affected virtually every state.

Policies and software to prevent unemployment fraud weren't fully implemented and the state was slow to act, the auditor said.