Washington

Overpayment Recovery
Overpayments Established	$74,039,200
Overpayments Waived	$3,625,130
Overpayments Recovered	$46,315,929
Rate of Overpayments Recovered vs Established	65.78%
Note: Recovery data is for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011. Figures displayed are actual recovery rate and dollars and not estimates.

3-Year IPIA Improper Payment Rate: 11.67%
2012 IPIA Estimated Improper Payments: $149,586,793
3-Year Operational Rate: 3.75%
3-Year Fraud Rate: 1.46%

Note: UI improper payment data displayed on this page are derived from the Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) program. Readers are strongly cautioned that it may be misleading to compare one state's payment accuracy rates with another state's rates as no two states' written laws, regulations, and policies specifying eligibility conditions are identical, and differences in these conditions influence the potential for error. To compare state laws visit http://www.oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/statelaws.asp#Statelaw or contact the state directly.

Chart: Three Year IPIA Data

	2010	2011	2012
IPIA Rate	11.09%	13.40%	10.78%
Fraud Rate	0.82%	2.26%	1.67%
Operational Rate	2.71%	4.73%	4.46%

Chart: Causes of Improper Payments

Root Cause		Percentage of Overall Improper Payments
	Work Search Issues	62.48%
	Benefit Year Earnings	15.57%
	Separation Issues	11.01%
	Able and Available	4.91%
	E.S. Registration	3.05%
	Other Eligible Issues	1.72%
	Base Period Wage Issues	0.73%
	Sev./Vac./SSI/Pension	0.54%
	Dependents Issues	0%
	Other Issues	0%

Chart: Responsibility for Overpayments

Root Cause		Percentage of Total Dollars Overpaid
	Claimant Only	87.00%
	Claimant and Employer	4.49%
	Claimant and Agency	2.44%
	Claimant, Employee, & Agency	2.34%
	Agency Only	2.27%
	All Others	0.94%
	Employer Only	0.35%
	Employer and Agency	0.16%

Implementation of UI Improper Payment Strategies — FY 2013 State Status
State	Core Strategy	Implementation Plan in Place	Status
Washington	SQSP / Strategic Plan Development
	Business Process Analysis¹
	NDNH ROP
	SIDES
	SIDES Messaging²	2
	Claimant — Employer Messaging
	ES Registration³	3
	Treasury Offset Program Implementation

Key:
	Complete
	On Track
	Not on Track
	Yes
	No

¹ BPA is a core strategy for states with annual rates above 10% and receiving 2012 SBR funds (based on Jan-Dec 2011 data).

² SIDES Messaging is a core activity for states receiving SBR funds that have implemented SIDES.

³ ES Registration is a core strategy for states with ES rates above 3% (based on Jan-Dec 2011 data).

Strategies

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Data

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