WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said today they are questioning giant third-party vendors Deloitte, Thomson Reuters, and Geographic Solutions with concerns 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 strain...