$40 billion EDD fraud – California Globe

This Time, Governor Newsom Lied About the EDD

October 18, 2023 10:28 am

This story has two aspects, one simple and one complicated, complicated with a capital B for bureaucracy. First, the simple part – Governor Gavin Newsom lied. Not an obfuscation, or a missing context thingy, or a matter of interpretation –...

GAO Reviewing Su’s Secretary Status

July 17, 2023 5:17 pmJuly 17, 2023 5:25 pm

The federal General Accountability Office (GAO) has begun a review of the legal status of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s continuance in the position. In other words, the GAO will determine exactly how long Su – whose nomination for...

One Down, One to Go…

July 13, 2023 3:16 pmJuly 13, 2023 3:26 pm

Julie Su’s rough road to becoming the next Secretary of Labor just got even rougher – and narrower. West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin jumped off the Su fence and landed squarely on the “No” side Thursday afternoon, announcing he...

Is She? Can She? Should She? Julie Su Labor Secretary Confirmation Battle Takes New Twists

July 10, 2023 2:30 amJuly 10, 2023 2:31 am

A congresswoman is wondering if Julie Su can continue to be acting Secretary of Labor. Pundits are wondering if her being side-lined by President Biden from the upcoming autoworker union contract talks is a sign even the White House is...

Julie Su Has to Wait Until After Senate Recess

June 23, 2023 3:50 pmJune 23, 2023 4:02 pm

The tortured path of Julie Su’s journey to be Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor is riven with potholes, politics, and the PRO Act. In the past week, Su was praised by some for helping broker a tentative end to the...

EXCLUSIVE: Julie Su Can’t Count…

June 14, 2023 3:44 pmJune 14, 2023 4:02 pm

The Office of the Inspector General has taken Julie Su’s Department of Labor to task for not being able to give even an estimate of the amount looted by fraudsters from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. Not only does...

Congress Now Knows What It’s Like to Deal with the EDD

June 10, 2023 7:24 amJune 10, 2023 8:00 am

Millions waited on hold – some literally for days. Hundreds of thousands of legitimate pandemic benefit claims were denied or delayed for months. Computers crashed. Claimants were insulted on Twitter. State legislators were ignored. $40 billion went to fraudsters. The...