State Rep. Chip LaMarca is the sponsor of a bill that proposal (HB 1463) that would overhaul the less-than-decade-old CONNECT unemployment system and move to a cloud-based system.
TALLAHASSEE - A plan to revamp Florida’s much-criticized online unemployment system is now moving on both sides of the Capitol, while advocates for workers continue to push lawmakers to consider increasing jobless benefits.
With few questions and little comment, the House Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee on Thursday unanimously backed a proposal (HB 1463) that would overhaul the less-than-decade-old CONNECT unemployment system and move to a cloud-based system.
The proposed CONNECT changes are part of a wide-ranging bill (HB 1463), sponsored by Rep. Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, that deals with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Dane Eagle, executive director of the department, has requested more than $73 million over the next two years to overhaul the CONNECT system.
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