In the wake of unprecedented unemployment fraud since the start of COVID-19, Experian®, the world’s leading global information services company, today announced it was selected as the exclusive partner for identity and fraud verification for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center’s centralized Identity Verification (IDV) capability. This is available to state agencies at no cost through UI Integrity Center, operated by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) in partnership with and funded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The recent COVID-19 relief package contained a provision requiring that State Unemployment Agencies make a reasonable attempt to verify a claimant’s identity prior to the allowance of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. This partnership provides this service free to the States that choose to implement the service. States are required to implement some system of verification within 30 days of the enactment of the Bill.
For additional information related to this exciting partnership, see the press release.
