Key Points
- This report explores the unemployment insurance system’s current data and performance management practices, including features designed to inform policymakers and the public about deficiencies in the administration of that system.
- It argues that the program integrity reporting structure is overly focused on established overpayments and reactions without equivalent attention to fraud prevention or resilience measures.
- It suggests areas in which the Department of Labor should modify its current data-reporting requirements to improve transparency and understanding of system performance, particularly around anti-fraud reporting.
- It concludes with a proposal for an aspirational alternative framework, or “scorecard,” to better understand and improve system performance in the future.