Attachment 1


    QC ANNUAL REPORT
    (New Version)
    CY 2002

      Run as of 03/13/2003
      State: XX

      Unemployment Insurance Quality Control
      Annual Report for Calendar Year 2002


      Total Dollars Paid in Population $352,533,069
      Sample Size 480
       
      Percentage
      of Dollars      		 95% Confidence
      Interval (+/-)
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      Proper Payments 93.3% 2.3%
      Overpayments  6.7% 2.3%
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      100%
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      Underpayments 0.2% 0.2%
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      Footnotes

      [Footnote definitions are provided below.]



      BAM Annual Report Definitions

      Footnote 1

      Claimants failing to conduct required work search were given formal warnings and no overpayment was established. The proper payment rate would be lower and the overpayment rate would be higher if these cases were counted as erroneous payments.

      Condition: Any CY 2002 BAM case with key week action code '14' in field ei2 of the b_errisu table of the UI database.

      Footnote 2

      Percentages apply to less than a complete year of UI payments due to the state not pulling a sample for x weeks.

      Condition: There is no record in the b_comparison table of the UI database for one or more BAM batches 200201 through 200252.

      Note: If a state requested and received permission from DOL to temporarily suspend BAM sampling due to workload contingencies the footnote will reflect that DOL concurred with the suspension.

      Footnote 3

      The state selected samples that were below the minimum prescribed levels for x weeks.

      Condition: State selected one or more BAM weekly samples below the minimum level prescribed in Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations Handbook, ET Handbook No. 395, chapter III, p. 27. Sampled cases that fail to meet the BAM population definition are counted toward meeting the minimum weekly sample.

      Note: If a state requested and received permission from DOL to temporarily reduce BAM sample sizes due to workload contingencies, the footnote will reflect that DOL concurred with the reduction.

      Footnote 4

      Percentages based on data collection procedures that were not completely in accordance with the program methodology prescribed in ET Handbook No. 395.

      Condition: Based on program monitoring conducted by DOL Regional and National Offices.

      Footnote 5

      The state completed x percent of the cases within 90 days. The program standard is 95 percent completed within 90 days.

      Condition: State failed to meet case completion objectives established in Benefit Accuracy Measurement State Operations Handbook, ET Handbook No. 395, chapter VI, p. 7. Cases not meeting the BAM population definition are not counted in calculating state time lapse rates.

      Footnote 6

      x percent of the sample cases were not completed when this report was prepared. This exceeded the program requirement that no more than 2 percent of the cases for the year remain incomplete.

      Condition: The percentage is based on the number of BAM cases that were not completed (no supervisor sign-off) by c.o.b. April 30, 2003, divided by the number of valid cases selected for BAM weekly samples during CY 2002 (BAM batches 200201 through 200252). Cases that do not meet the BAM population definition are not counted in calculating state case completion rates.

      Footnote 7

      The annual sample for [state] is x cases below the allocated annual sample for the state. The precision of the data might be reduced due to the failure to sample at the prescribed level.

      Condition: The state's annual sample selection is 60 or more cases (one-half staff year) below its allocated annual sample (for BAM paid claims, one staff year equals 120 cases). Cases that do not meet the BAM population definition are counted toward meeting the annual sample allocation.

      Note: If a state requested and received permission from DOL to temporarily reduce BAM sample sizes due to workload contingencies, the footnote will reflect that DOL concurred with the reduction.

      Footnote 8

      The population from which the BAM sample was selected did not include all of the UI benefits paid. This limits the degree to which inferences about the population can be made from BAM data.

      Condition: The dollars paid in the BAM population for CY 2002 vary from the dollars paid reported in the state's ETA 5159 Claims and Payment Activities reports by more than the statistical control limit.



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