Employment Security

What this funds

ETA made significant progress regarding the UI Integrity Center, a State-driven source of innovative program integrity strategies to prevent and detect improper payments and reduce fraud. In FY 2025, the Department worked with the Integrity Center to support the following activities: 1. Expanding the Integrity Data Hub (IDH) to include new functionality and new data sources to increase States' ability to prevent and detect improper and fraudulent payments. As of September 2025, all 53 States and territories were participating in the IDH Fraud alert system and 52 States and territories were using several of the data matching tools. 2. Providing program integrity training through UI National Academy online modules and instructor-led courses leading to credentials. Training curricula include tracks in fraud investigation, UI claims intake and processing, and program leadership. 3. Promoting an Integrity Knowledge Exchange, with a Digital Library of model State practices, and program integrity information available to all States. 4. Offering technical assistance and business process analysis services to States through UI subject matter experts. 5. Providing intensive on-site consultative assistance to individual States in need of specific technical assistance regarding fraud and improper payments. Support of the State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) remains another key component to preventing UI improper payments. A web-based system, SIDES allows electronic transmission of UI information requests from UI agencies to multi-state employers and/or Third- Party Administrators, as well as transmission of replies containing the requested information back to the UI agencies. It allows for the exchange of separation, earnings verification, and monetary and potential charges information between States and employers. A total of 51 state UI agencies have implemented and are using SIDES for separation requests and 22 are also using SIDES for earnings verification requests. ETA also provided guidance, direction, oversight, and technical assistance for the RESEA program. RESEA provides funds for States to promote alignment with WIOA's broader vision and establishes RESEA as an entry point for individuals receiving UI benefits into other workforce system partner programs. Additionally, RESEA is an important integrity tool and includes an assessment of continuing UI eligibility. Individuals participating in RESEA receive assistance with the development of a reemployment plan, reemployment services, labor market information, and referrals to training or other workforce services. The Department made significant progress in modernizing the UI Database. In FY 2025, the Department deployed modernized functionality for Data Validation and the Tax Performance System (TPS). The Department also developed and began testing modernized functionality for the Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) and UI Required Reports modules.

Extracted from Employment and Training Administration, p. 10. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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