DES MOINES, IOWA (October 25, 2022) — Auditor of State Rob Sand today released a report on the Iowa Department of Workforce Development for the year ended June 30, 2020.
The Iowa Department of Workforce Development is comprised of seven divisions: Worker’s Compensation, Labor Services, Administrative Services, Unemployment, Information Technology, Workforce Services, and Communications and Labor Market. The Department is responsible for administration of the statutes and regulations relating to unemployment compensation insurance, job placement and training, employment safety, labor standards, and workers’ compensation.
AUDIT FINDINGS: Sand reported fourteen findings related to the Department. The findings are on pages three through eighteen of this report. Sand recommended the Department comply with established policies and procedures to ensure reports are submitted timely, that quarterly reports are reviewed and approved by an independent person and information generated for financial reporting purposes is properly tested and reviewed for accuracy. Sand also recommended the Department establish policies and procedures to ensure cross-matches are performed to identify ineligible claims; to ensure compliance with Uniform Guidance requirements for subrecipient monitoring and subaward documents; identify sensitive positions, and ensure background investigations are routinely performed as part of the hiring process; that capital asset deletions are approved prior to deletion; to ensure compliance with the Department of Administrative Services Purchasing Card Program Manual; and comply with the Code of Iowa or continue to seek the repeal of outdated Code sections.
Seven of the findings discussed above are repeated from the prior year. Management of the Iowa Department of Workforce Development has a fiduciary responsibility to provide oversight of the Department’s operations and financial transactions. Oversight is typically defined as the “watchful and responsible care” management exercises in its fiduciary capacity.
A copy of the report is available for review on the Auditor of State’s web site at Audit Reports | Iowa State Auditor.
