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. â Technology continues to change rapidly and the Department of Economic Opportunity knows the CONNECT system is never gonna cut it. âBased on the report Iâve seen, I do think that they are heading in the right direction,â said Matthew Froning, an IT expert and CEO of âSAFEâ or Security Assurance Facilitation Experts. The report recommends a move to a cloud-based server. DEOâs executive director Dane Eagle says the state began on that path when COVID-19 hit. Those plans were squashed quickly as hundreds of thousands of people began flooding the system attempting to get benefits.