OIG Audit Report - Debarment Authority Should Be Used More Extensively in Foreign Labor Certification

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION AND WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION DEBARMENT AUTHORITY SHOULD BE USED MORE EXTENSIVELY IN FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS Date Issued: September 30, 2010 Report Number: 05-10-002-03-321 Office of Inspector General—Office of Audit U.S. Department of Labor September 2010 Office of Inspector General Office of Audit DEBARMENT AUTHORITY SHOULD BE USED MORE EXTENSIVELY IN FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS BRIEFLY… WHAT OIG FOUND Highlights of Report Number 05-10-002-03-321, to OFLC and WHD narrowly defined their suspension the Assistant Secretary for Employment and and debarment authority based only on INA Training Administration (ETA) and the Deputy provisions, rather than the broader government-Administrator for Wage and Hour Division (WHD). wide authority (29 CFR Part 98). As a result, they did not consider debarring individuals or entities WHY READ THE REPORT convicted of program violations resulting from OIG This report discusses the U.S. Department of investigations. Labor’s (DOL) use of suspension and debarment authority within the foreign labor certification (FLC) When OFLC and WHD did debar individuals or programs. Suspension and debarment are used to entities, they did not provide that information for assure that the government does business with inclusion in the ...