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Modernizing State Unemployment Insurance Systems


Unemployment Insurance Modernization | U.S. Department of Labor

The US Department of Labor is working with states, territories, and the public to develop strategies to continuously improve the nation's unemployment ...

Revamping unemployment insurance, one state at a time

The pandemic exposed long-standing problems in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system that hit disadvantaged communities the hardest.

Unemployment Insurance: DOL Needs to Further Help States ...

The eight states in GAO's study were in varying phases of modernizing their unemployment insurance (UI) IT systems, ranging from planning to ...

Modernizing Unemployment Insurance - Bipartisan Policy Center

Modernizing IT systems requires considerable resources and effort. 3. The framework used to allocate federal resources to state UI programs does not properly ...

BLS UI Modernization - Bureau of Labor Statistics

Unemployment Insurance (UI) administrative data is the cornerstone of many BLS and State efforts for Economic data. Over the last few years, the ...

Insights and Successes: American Rescue Plan Act Investments in ...

These investments sought to address major shortcomings in the UI system revealed during the pandemic, as states worked to deliver a lifeline of unemployment ...

Modernizing Unemployment Insurance: Lessons from the Tiger Teams

The COVID-19 crisis underscored shortcomings in unemployment insurance (UI) systems, with overwhelmed state programs struggling with timely ...

Modernizing Unemployment Insurance System for States | Blog

Below are a few key points for states to focus on while developing an unemployment insurance modernization plan to get the most out of next-gen digital systems.

Department of Labor announces new modernization effort for UI ...

The new program, called the OpenUI Initiative, aims to promote modular unemployment insurance technology. The idea is that “states can choose to ...

Labor Dept backs state-by-state refresh of UI benefits systems ...

The department is awarding grants to help states modernize the legacy IT systems that deliver unemployment insurance benefits. Acting Labor ...

Improving State Unemployment Insurance Technology: A Guide for ...

As states across the country modernize their unemployment insurance systems, stakeholders need to evaluate the accessibility of these systems ...

An Unemployment Insurance modernization bill now before the U.S. ...

This would ensure that the UI system provides more relief to unemployed workers, helping them and their families meet their basic needs. In so ...

Promising Practices to Increase Equitable Access in Unemployment ...

The pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in state unemployment insurance (UI) systems, including fraud, delayed benefits, and inequities in access.

Centering Workers—How to Modernize Unemployment Insurance ...

Benefits modernization is the process of moving the administration of unemployment benefits from legacy mainframe systems to a modern application technology ...

Modernizing State Unemployment Benefits System - CAI

Though the percentage of jobless Americans receiving state unemployment benefits has dropped from 76% through early 2021 to 26.8% in August 2022, the looming ...

States Are Modernizing Their UI Systems | 501(c) Services

The eight states in GAO's study—Arkansas, Delaware, Maine, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas—were each, as of summer 2023, in ...

Labor Dept. awards $204M to update state unemployment systems

The new funding is part of a greater mandate to modernize state unemployment system, sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, to address the ...

The money's out the door in nationwide unemployment insurance ...

The Labor Department awarded the last $204 million of grant money for unemployment insurance modernization late last month to 18 states and the US Virgin ...

New Funding to Modernize Unemployment Insurance Systems in ...

Modernization efforts will focus on making UI systems more user-friendly. This is not only beneficial for those seeking unemployment benefits ...

Modernizing State Unemployment Insurance Systems - DLT Solutions

Many of the challenges faced by state unemployment insurance programs, fortunately, have IT-based solutions.