What are your reactions to that finding? Were you surprised? Yes, I was surprised, but I have to just sort of make sure that we have the right context around this information. So This was for one particular benefit, the pandemic Unemployment Assistance. We call it pua. It was a brand new federal benefit. It was implemented by DWD back in May of 2020. So they were able to get it stood up very quickly. And this predates my time at the agency, but one of the issues with a brand new federal program, … (19:40–19:53)
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