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089468 1 (1974-12-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvmc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE U, % WASHINGTON, D C 20548 DEC 3 11974 MANPOWER AND WELFARE DIVISION Mr. Fred G. Clark Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management Department of Labor Dear Mr. Clark. We have made a survey of selected aspects of the administration of Federal unemployment compensation benefits in Pennsylvania resulting from the effects of Tropical Storm Agnes which struck Pennsylvania and other Eastern States in June 1972. Disaster unemployment assistance benefits of approximately 88.6 million were paid to about 33,000 claimants in Pennsylvania. Such assistance was provided under authority of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.). Unemployment compensation was provided also to terminated Federal employees who were hired temporarily to assist in the Agnes recovery program in Pennsylvania. We estimate that over 650 such persons received benefit payments totaling about $778,000 for claims filed during the first 9-months of 1973. Such benefits were provided under authority of the Social Security Act (5 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.). Benefit payments were made by the Bureau of Employment Security, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, through arrangements with the Department of Labor. Our work was ditected primarily to determining whether assistance was provided only to eligible persons and in accordance with the requirements and legislative intent of the respective programs. We reviewed pertinent legislation, regulations, guidelines and, on a test basis, detailed records of disaster unemployment assistance and unemployment compensation for Federal employees' benefits. We held discussions during and after our work with Federal and State officials having responsibility for administering the programs. Our work was performed primarily at the Department of Labor Regional Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Manpower Adminis- tration in Washington, D.C., and at the central office of the State employment security agency in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which is responsible for administration of the programs. In reviewing unemployment compensation for Federal employees' benefits, we also obtained information from several Federal agencies including the

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