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You Would Think Losing $40 Billion Would Be a Resume Killer…

February 28, 2023 4:45 pmFebruary 28, 2023 5:01 pm

Sigh. I wish I could say I was surprised, but President Joe Biden has tapped former California Labor and Workforce Development Agency – which includes the EDD – Secretary Julie Su to become his new Secretary of Labor. While she...

President Biden Nominates Former CA Secretary of Labor Julie Su As Next Labor Secretary

February 28, 2023 12:30 pmFebruary 28, 2023 1:40 pm

The White House confirmed on Tuesday that Deputy Secretary of Labor and former California Secretary of Labor Julie Su is to become the next U.S. Labor Secretary next month following the resignation of current Labor Department head Marty Walsh. Su,...

California EDD on Fed Hotseat

February 15, 2023 1:33 pmFebruary 15, 2023 1:49 pm

California’s Employment Development Department is in the crosshairs of Congress’ Committee on Oversight and Accountability for its poor handling of its pandemic benefit programs. It is estimated that $191 billion was lost to “improper payments” across the country by various...

California EDD Blamed Fed Program for Fraud – New Numbers Show That is Impossible

February 11, 2023 10:53 amFebruary 14, 2023 9:36 am

New federal Department of Labor figures regarding the massive looting of the nation’s unemployment insurance systems during the pandemic show that California’s improper payment figure has climbed again and is now estimated to be nearly $40 billion. Labor Department Inspector...

CA Unemployment Agency Head Blames Trump Admin for Massive EDD Fraud and Failures

January 31, 2023 8:51 amFebruary 1, 2023 4:49 pm

“Trump administration ‘neglected’ California’s efforts to combat unemployment fraud, EDD head says,” the Sacramento Bee reports Tuesday. “Nancy Farias swung back hard against allegations by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., that California has done a poor job fighting unemployment fraud,” the...

Gov. Newsom Gets an Assist as CA Democrats Delay Hearing on $31 Billion in Unemployment Fraud

August 19, 2021 5:25 pm

Perhaps one of the most important hearings of the year to investigate California’s Employment Development Department fraud of $31 billion during the COVID pandemic, was postponed by California’s legislative Democrats. Democrats on the Joint Legislative Audit Committee already delayed the...

Newsom Taps Johns Hopkins Senior Advisor Natalie Palugyai For Labor Secretary

July 15, 2021 10:53 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday that Natalie Palugyai, currently the Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has been appointed as the next Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA). Pulugyai will replace...