Report 2008-103 Recommendation 8 Responses

Report 2008-103: California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board: Its Weak Policies and Practices Could Undermine Employment Opportunity and Lead to the Misuse of State Resources (Release Date: November 2008)

Recommendation #8 To: Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, California

The appeals board should review travel-related payments it made to its former executive director from the date of his appointment as executive director/chief administrative law judge in November 2000, to determine whether those payments were reasonable and allowable. To the extent that the appeals board identifies travel reimbursements that do not comply with regulations established by Personnel Administration, it should seek recovery from the former executive director.

1-Year Agency Response

The appeals board reports that it conducted a thorough review of the travel-related payments it made to its former executive director. In an October 2009 meeting, the board determined in a closed session that there was no wrongdoing by the former executive director, that he had followed all rules and procedures for filing travel claims, and had relied upon both the board and the Employment Development Department's approval of those claims. The board voted unanimously that it would not seek any reimbursement.(See 2010-406 p. 63)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2008-103

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.