WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) questioned giant third-party vendors Deloitte, Thomson Reuters, and Geographic Solutions with concerns that they may be providing states with error-ridden, ineffective technology for their unemployment insurance systems, disrupting benefits and harming Americans.
"Unemployment benefits are a critical bridge for millions of Americans who have lost their jobs, yet vendors' haphazard modernization of UI systems can threaten the delivery of these benefits," wrote the senators.
State unemployment insurance (UI) systems across the country have been underfunded for decades and have been strained furthe...