KY labor cabinet faces new struggles as it seeks to move past pandemic unemployment problems Share Updated: 8:37 PM EDT Jul 27, 2021 Mark Vanderhoff Share Updated: 8:37 PM EDT Jul 27, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HEARING. EXPLAINS WHY THE SYSTEM IS NOWHERE NEAR BNGEI FIXED. >> Reporter: JAMIE LAKE SAID THE LABOR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY'VEUN R INTO OVER ETH PANDEMIC. JAMIE LAKE JUST TOOK ON THE ROLE OF LORAB SREECTARY LAST MONTH. THAT'S WHEN HE FOUND OUT A COMPANWAY S WITHDWIRANG TO REPLACE KENTUCKY'S 50-YEAR-OLD UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM. >> IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING TO LEARN THAT THE PROBLEM THAT HAD BEEN MADE OR THE PROSSCE THAT WAS BEING FOLLOWED WAS BNGEI CAST ASIDE. SURPRISING TO US AS WELL. THE VENDOR NOTIFIED US THAT THEY WERE WITHDRAWING THEIR BID BECAUSE THEY HAD SEVERELY UNDERBID. >> Reporter: THE LABOR CABINET RECEIVED STIMULUS FUNDING FOR 90 NEW POSITIONS, BUT CAN'T FIND ANYONEO T HIRE. >> THE CONCERN IS USING FEDERAL FUNDING ONE TIME MONEY. THAT STAFFING WAS ONLY GUARANTEED FOR THAT ONE YEAR. >> STAFF THAT WORKED FOR ALL OF US. THEY WERE VOLUNTEERS. THAT OFFERAS W REJECTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE OF THINGS AT THAT TIME. >> WE CAN'T SIT HERE IN DISBELIEF THAT THINGS HAV'TEN GOTTEN DONE THE WAY WE WANTED YOU TO DO TMHE IF WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO DO IT. >> Reporter: MIKE NEEMUS TELLS ME THEY AREOT N TRYING TO PLAY THE BLAME GAME. THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP THE LABOR CABINET BEFORE THEY