So many state offices were closed for months at a time, during the pandemic, with not much impact to daily life. Makes me think there is room for more budget cuts.
And IDES certainly didn’t cover itself in glory with the debacle of handling the fraudulent claims being made. For nearly 5 months, the only way to report IDES fraud was via 1970’s era technology (no online, fax or email ability to send in fraud notices to the department)
===So many state offices were closed for months at a time, during the pandemic, with not much impact to daily life. ===