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JFO: unemployment insurance modernization on track this summer but a $7 million business-cost gap needs follow-up

House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee · April 22, 2026
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JFO told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee the unemployment insurance modernization project is in final testing and on track for summer completion, but JFO flagged a roughly $7 million difference between appropriated funds (about $52.3M) and recorded implementation costs ($45.3M) originally intended for business process reengineering.

Lisa Goggin, the Joint Fiscal Office IT consultant appearing before the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on April 22, said the state's unemployment insurance modernization project is in user acceptance testing and on track for completion this summer.

Goggin told lawmakers that JFO approved the release of $30 million in January 2024 and that total funds authorized for the project were about $52.3 million when appropriations from FY22 and FY23 and related…

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