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Department of Economic Opportunity Director Dane Eagle presented an aggressive blueprint to revamp the struggling Connect unemployment system on Monday with a proposed expense sheet of $73.3 million over the next two fiscal years.

The results of an internal audit of Florida’s unemployment system, CONNECT, were given to state lawmakers Monday afternoon. The report emphasized the system’s flaws and the technology updates needed.

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More than $73 million is needed over the next two years to revamp Florida’s unemployment system, the head of the state’s unemployment agency said Monday.

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Tuscaloosa: Students across the three-campus University of Alabama System will return to in-person instruction for the fall semester with no limits on class size in Birmingham, Huntsville or Tuscaloosa to guard against COVID-19, officials said Monday. The system, which has held classes in multiple formats since the pandemic began a year ago, said in a statement that current models show it should be safe to resume traditional teaching after the sum...

State Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Dane Eagle told a Florida Senate committee on Monday that the two-year cost to fix the troubled unemployment system alone would be over $73 million.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has announced a five-year plan to spend millions to fix Florida’s distressed unemployment benefits system that has frustrated millions of people.

State Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Dane Eagle told a Florida Senate committee on Monday that the two-year cost to fix the troubled unemployment system alone would be over $73 million.

The head of the unemployment agency said retaining the current system, which was overwhelmed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, is "not an option."

By Joel Malkin Mar 2, 2021 It will cost more than $73 million over the next two years just to revamp Floridas troubled unemployment system, with a total cost of up to $244 million over five years when you add maintenance into the equation. Thats the word from Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Dane Eagle. He told the Senate Select Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Response yesterday that retaining the current system is "not an option." The CONNECT online system co...