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State inspector general details pandemic-unemployment investigations, outlines office budget and jurisdiction

House Development Committee · February 12, 2025
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Inspector General Randall Meyer described the office’s oversight role across executive agencies, cited pandemic-unemployment assistance (PUA) work that focused staff resources, and said the office’s biennial budget request sustains current staffing and oversight capacity.

Inspector General Randall Meyer told the House Development Committee his office needs funding to preserve investigative capacity after extensive work on pandemic‑era unemployment fraud and other probes.

Meyer said the Office of Inspector General ‘‘serves as an independent watchdog for the state of Ohio’’ with jurisdiction over the governor’s office, executive agencies, boards, commissions, state universities and vendors doing business with the state. He…

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