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Deloitte defends work on Floridas unemployment system Published  article TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Officials from a company that played a key role in setting up Florida’s much-criticized online unemployment system defended the firm’s work Monday, as Democratic lawmakers argued it launched "something that wasnt ready" and was designed by the state to fail. John Hugill, a principal with Deloitte Consulting, told members of the Senate Select Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Response that com...

Company with key role in setting up Florida online unemployment system defend work as Democratic lawmakers argue it launched system designed to fail.

Florida Department of Health State health officials reported 3,312 new COVID-19 cases, Monday, for a total 1,948,307 infections. The Florida Department of Health also reported 81 coronavirus-related deaths March 8, increasing the statewide death toll to 32,349 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic. The latest single-day positivity rate reported by the Florida Division of Emergency Management increased to 8.66% on Sunday. Over the past two weeks the single-day positivity rate has range...

The conversation with Deloitte on Monday was part of a meeting of the Florida Senate Select Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Deloitte leaders said theyre sympathetic to the challenges Floridians have and are still facing with unemployment during this pandemic. When questioned by state legislators, Deloitte officials said the system was working well when it first launched in 2013 and was stress-tested to handle hurricanes and a financial crisis. But the pandemic caused a dras...

“People are so desperate to get these that one wasted is too many,” Stacey Labell said. A new report released by Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity offers options on how to improve the state’s unemployment system. NBC 6s Sasha Jones reports Report Details Proposed Changes to States Unemployment System Over the past year, people have told NBC 6 Responds about the challenges they faced applying for benefits using the state’s online unemployment portal - CONNECT.  A new...

Florida inspector general report finds longstanding problems with state unemployment system Department of Economic Opportunity’s CONNECT system crashed last spring Jim Turner, News Service of Florida reporter Published:  Tags:  The investigation into why Florida paid more than 77-million-dollars for a faulty unemployment technology system is undeway TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s online unemployment system was never tested to meet the demands encountered during the coronavirus pandemic, ...

Florida DEO chief Dane Eagle said more than $73 million will be needed over the next two years to revamp the states unemployment system.

The company behind Florida’s faulty unemployment website didn’t properly design or test it, a state investigation has found, which left it “poorly positioned to handle the unprecedented claims volume” caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Orlando Sentinel TALLAHASSEE --- Florida’s online unemployment system was never tested to meet the demands encountered during the coronavirus pandemic, and more than a dozen issues remained outstanding years after the system went live, according to a report released Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office. The 95-page draft report by Chief Inspector General Melinda Miguel focused on the Department of Economic Opportunity’s CONNECT unemployment system, which cost $78 million and began operat...

Florida Republicans again are drawing heat on unemployment – this time from business groups that want to avoid a tax hike.