1. Changes in the Data Validation Program
September 19/11:00 am ET

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6. Featured Speakers Presenters Moderator
Sylvia Del Valle, Mathematical Statistician
Office of Unemployment Insurance
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Andy Spisak, Mathematical Statistician

7. By the end of this session you will be able to:
What’s in It for You?
By the end of this session you will be able to:
have a better understanding of how the changes in the ETA report affects the Data Validation (DV) program.

8. Agenda/Objectives Population 15 Overview Module 3 Population 12
Documentation
Next Steps
Overview
Population 12
Population 13
Population 14
WEBINAR AGENDA/OBJECTIVES SLIDE
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9. Documentation updated
Overview ETA 227 Changes
Populations 12-14
Extract files changed
Subpopulations added
Samples universes changed
New Population 15
Module 3
Steps added, modified or deleted
Documentation updated

10. Population 12 Overpayments Established by Cause
A. OVERPAYMENT ESTABLISHED - CAUSES
Cause
Line No.
No.
Number of Cases
Dollar Amounts
Schemes UI
UCFE/UCX EB
(1)
(2)
(3)
(20)
(4)
(5)
(21)
Fraud - Total
101
Multi Claimant Schemes
102
Cases of Agency Employee Benefit Fraud
111
High Dollar Fraud
112
Nonfraud - Total
103
Reversals
104
State Agency Errors
105
Employer Errors
106
Claimant Errors
107
Other
108
High Dollar NonFraud
113
Penalty
109

11. Population 12 Extract File
Eliminated Detection Type field (Field #7)
Now in Population 15
Program Type field (Field #3)
Added “EB”

12. Population 12 Extract File
Added EB Amount field (Field #10)
The amount of benefits paid through the permanent Extended Benefits (EB) program

13. Population 12 Extract File
Added Accumulated UI Amount field (Field #11)
The UI fraud or nonfraud overpayment amount that the UI claim has accumulated from previous quarters and that is used to calculate a high dollar overpayment

14. Population 12 Extract File
Added Accumulated Federal Amount field (Field #12)
The Federal fraud or nonfraud overpayment amount that the UCFE, UCX or joint claim has accumulated from previous quarters and that is used to calculate a high dollar overpayment

15. Population 12 Extract File
Added Accumulated EB Amount field (Field #13)
The EB fraud or nonfraud overpayment amount that the EB claim has accumulated from previous quarters and that is used to calculate a high dollar overpayment

16. Population 12 Extract File
“Accumulated Amount” fields (Fields 11-13)
Used to calculate High Dollar amounts
Reset to zero if the claim was classified as a high overpayment in the previous quarter

17. Population 12 Extract File
Added Date of Original Monetary field (Field # 14)
Same as in Population 3
Date the original determination was made on whether the claimant has sufficient base- period wages and/or employment to establish a benefit year.

18. Population 12 Extract File
Cause of Overpayment field (Field #6)
“Other” is now “Single Claimant” for fraud
“Other” is used for nonfraud
“SESA” is now “State Agency”
Added “Agency Employee”

19. Population 12 Subpopulations
Added 11 subpopulations
Increased from 16 to 27 subpopulations

20. Population 12 Report Validation
Merged Group into Group 12.02
Added Groups
Added lines for EB
Agency Employee Benefits Fraud
High Dollar Fraud

21. Population 12 Report Validation
Added a total of 33 lines
Fraud lines are calculated differently

22. Population 12 Samples
Still 3 samples, but changed their universe to accommodate new subpopulations

23. Population 13 Overpayment Reconciliation Activities
C. RECOVERY/RECONCILIATION
Line
Dollar Amount
No.
Fraud
Nonfraud UI
UCFE/UCX EB
(11)
(12)
(22)
(13)
(14)
(23)
Recovered - Total
302
Cash
303
Benefit Offset
304
State Income Tax Offset
305
Federal Income Tax Offset
314
By Other States
306
Other
307
Waived
308
Written-Off
309
Additions
310
Subtractions
311

24. Population 13 Extract File
Added EB Reconciliation Amount field (Field #10)
The reconciliation amount of Extended Benefits funds

25. Population 13 Extract File
Program Type field (Field #4)
Added “EB”
Type of Reconciliation Activity field (Field #6)
Added “Federal Income Tax Offset”

26. Population 13 Subpopulations
Added 23 subpopulations
Increased from 34 to 57 subpopulations

27. Population 13 Report Validation
Added lines for EB
Federal Income Tax Offset
Added a total of 23 lines

28. Population 13 Samples
Still 3 samples, but changed their universe to accommodate new subpopulations

29. Population 14 Age of Overpayments
C. RECOVERY/RECONCILIATION
Line
Dollar Amount
No.
Fraud
Nonfraud UI
UCFE/UCX EB
(11)
(12)
(22)
(13)
(14)
(23)
Receivables Removed at End of Period
312
SECTION E: AGING OF BENEFIT OVERPAYMENT ACCOUNTS
Dollar Amounts
Accounts Receivable
Line No. UI
UCFE/UCX EB
(18)
(19)
(25)
90 days or less
501
91 − 180 days
502
181 − 270 days
503
271 − 360 days
504
361 − 450 days
505
451 days or more
506
Total Accounts Receivable
507

30. Population 14 Extract File
Eliminated Outstanding Overpayment field (Field #6)
Added EB Balance at End of Qtr field (Field #10)
Program Type field (Field #5)
Added “EB”

31. Population 14 Subpopulations
Added 8 subpopulations
Increased from 16 to 24 subpopulations

32. Population 14 Report Validation
Added Group 14.04
Added lines for EB
Added a total of 8 lines

33. Population 14 Samples
Still 3 samples, but changed their universe to accommodate new subpopulations

34. Population 15 Overpayments Established by Method
SECTION B. OVERPAYMENTS ESTABLISHED - METHODS OF DETECTION
Method
Line No.
Number of Cases Investigated (6)
Fraud
NonFraud
Number of Cases (7)
Dollars (8)
Number of Cases (9)
Dollars (10)
Controllable - Total
201
Wage/Benefit Crossmatch
202
IB Crossmatch
203
National Directory of New Hires
210
State Directory of New Hires
204
Multi-Claimant Scheme Systems
205
Special Project
206
Other
207
Noncontrollable - Total
208
Total - Controllable and Noncontrollable
209

35. Population 15 New Population 15 Validates cells in ETA 227 Section B
21 subpopulations
Report Validation has three groups
Two samples:
Random sample 60/200
Missing Subpopulation

36. Twelve steps were added:
Module 3
Twelve steps were added:
4F, Program Type – EB
34H, Cause of Overpayments – Single Claimant
34I, Cause of Overpayments – Agency Employee Benefits Fraud
35H, Overpayment Detection Activities – National Directory of New Hires
Module 3

37. Module 3 37C, Amount of Overpayment - EB
38J, Overpayment Reconciliation Activities - Federal Income Tax Offset
40C, Amount of Overpayment Reconciliation Activity– EB
42C, Balance of Overpayment – EB
Module 3

38. Module 3 45A, Accumulated Overpayment Amount – UI
45B, Accumulated Overpayment Amount – Federal
45C, Accumulated Overpayment Amount – EB
46, Overpayment Established by Investigation
Module 3

39. Four steps were modified:
Module 3
Four steps were modified:
6A, Monetary Determination – Pop 12
34C, Cause of Overpayments - State Agency Error
34F, Cause of Overpayments - Other Cause
35C, Overpayment Detection Activities – State Directory of New Hires
Module 3

40. One step was eliminated:
Module 3
One step was eliminated:
41, Outstanding Overpayment
Module 3

41. Documentation Handbook 361, Benefits Operations Guide 411
Appendix A, Subpopulation Specifications
Operations Guide 411
Appendix A, Record Layouts
Operations Guide 411
Handbook 361
Operations Guide 411

42. Next Steps
Update and publish Module 3
Get Record Layouts and Subpopulation Specifications from the DV Web site
Rebuild Populations 12, 13, and 14 extract files and validate the populations
Build new extract file for Population 15 and validate the population

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