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The agency launched the latest review nearly 10 months ago at the directive of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The report found Florida Department of Economic Opportunity ultimately overpaid for its CONNECT unemployment system; a system that was not properly designed nor tested. “We determined that the requirements for system capacity, as outlined in the 2010 ITN, were never fully tested nor documented,” Inspector General investigators wrote in the preliminary report released Thursday. “The contract m...

Return to work mistake stops single mom’s unemployment benefits for 16 weeks News 6, DEO work to get $6,200 released Tags:  ORLANDO, Fla. – Alexandra Castellanos has been unemployed since April 2020 but for some reason the state’s unemployment records had her back to work and on the payroll with a New Jersey mortgage company. “Get-a-Rate, Pay-a-Rate, I didn’t even know what it was,” she said. ”When I looked it was a company I never worked for or applied to.” [TRENDING: Ad The ...

The Department continues to perform tirelessly to ensure benefits are provided to claimants. The CONNECT system was not built to process the volume of claims received during the pandemic. Substantial investments were made during 2020 to stabilize and scale out the system. Those investments resulted in necessary increases to annual RA IT base budget. Additional cloud migration investment is needed to realize performance and cost optimization. Software architecture investment is needed to enable ...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 3.4.21 Here’s the day that was — and will be — in Florida politics. Publix, the most prominent private partner in Florida’s vaccine distribution network, strongly disputed a news report insinuating the company had been allowed to operate with little oversight. The company’s corporate office offered strong words in response to a Miami Herald report regarding the supermarket’s COVID-19 vaccinatio...

Jonathan Zachem, former head of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, has joined the ranks of Floridians who received an unwanted unemployment payment.

IT expert reviews DEO internal audit on unemployment system changes Technology continues to change rapidly and the Department of Economic Opportunity knows the CONNECT system is never gonna cut it. and last updated 2021-03-02 18:21:40-05 TAMPA, Fla. — Technology continues to change rapidly and the Department of Economic Opportunity knows the CONNECT system is never gonna cut it. “Based on the report I’ve seen, I do think that they are heading in the right direction,” said Ma...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida officials are recommending that the state’s antiquated unemployment processing system be replaced after a review confirmed what had long been known: a broken system full of glitches

EDITORIAL: Ban Everglades oil drilling, fix unemployment: Heres our wish list for Florida lawmakers The Miami Herald Mar. 3—Floridas 160 lawmakers in the state House and Senate opened their latest legislative session Tuesday with COVID-19 and a $2 billion budget shortfall created by the pandemic hanging over their heads. With a lot of needs and not enough money to fund them, the Miami Herald Editorial Board recommends lawmakers focus on five areas. Climate, water Gov. Ron DeSa...

A new report released by Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity offers options on how to improve the state’s unemployment system. It was uploaded to...

Tuesdays Daily Pulse | 3/2/2021 Florida’s unemployment fix could cost $244 million State officials are asking for up to $244 million over the next five years to overhaul the unemployment system that failed for millions Floridians during the pandemic last year. During a Monday hearing before state senators, Department of Economic Opportunity Director Dane Eagle said the online unemployment system, known as CONNECT, “did a disservice to the people of Florida.” He said the system wasn’t ...