Department of Economic Opportunity Director Dane Eagle presented an aggressive blueprint to revamp the struggling Connect unemployment system on Monday with a proposed expense sheet of $73.3 million over the next two fiscal years.
The results of an internal audit of Florida’s unemployment system, CONNECT, were given to state lawmakers Monday afternoon. The report emphasized the system’s flaws and the technology updates needed.
More than $73 million is needed over the next two years to revamp Florida’s unemployment system, the head of the state’s unemployment agency said Monday.
State Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Dane Eagle told a Florida Senate committee on Monday that the two-year cost to fix the troubled unemployment system alone would be over $73 million.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has announced a five-year plan to spend millions to fix Florida’s distressed unemployment benefits system that has frustrated millions of people.