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Controlling Board approves ODJFS IT contract to modernize unemployment system; members pressed department on overpayments and summer meal underutilization
Summary
The Ohio Controlling Board on Jan. 13 approved Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) items that include a contract to modernize the state's unemployment IT system and discussed ongoing overpayments and summer meal underutilization.
The Ohio Controlling Board on Jan. 13 approved Department of Job and Family Services items that include a contract to replace a 20-year-old mainframe unemployment system with an off-the-shelf vendor product tailored to Ohio law.
Rachel Johansen, a Department of Job and Family Services representative, told the board the existing IT system is two decades old and runs on a mainframe. She said the vendor product has been used in other states and can be tailored to Ohio-specific unemployment law. "This is the type of system we're…
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