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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,920 posts) Tue Dec 1, 2020, 04:13 PM Dec 2020

Virginia, using 35-year-old computer system to process unemployment claims, is 5 months behind

Graham Moomaw Retweeted

@nedoliver
reported in late October that adjudication staff at the Virginia Employment Commission were working on backlogged cases from June.
@ABC7News
reports today they're now at claims from the first of July:

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Virginia, using 35-year-old computer system to process unemployment claims, is 5 months behind (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 OP

Throwing money at anything related to the unemployed underpants Dec 2020 #1

When I had dealings with the VEC, I had to go out of my way to get the office. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #4

Windows 3.1 or DOS? Arne Dec 2020 #2

I, too, suspect that "35 years old" is exaggerating things. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 #3

Not so sure, we had a similar story with the employment computers Arne Dec 2020 #5

CP/M I bet... NT mwooldri Dec 2020 #6

underpants

(186,612 posts)

1. Throwing money at anything related to the unemployed

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 04:18 PM

Dec 2020

has never been a big priority here or a lot of places I’m sure.

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,920 posts)

4. When I had dealings with the VEC, I had to go out of my way to get the office.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 04:25 PM

Dec 2020

You couldn't get there easily on public transit. They didn't want anyone showing up who was poor or out of work.

Arne

(3,601 posts)

2. Windows 3.1 or DOS?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 04:19 PM

Dec 2020

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,920 posts)

3. I, too, suspect that "35 years old" is exaggerating things.

Reply to Arne (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 04:24 PM

Dec 2020

I'll have to update my resume to point out that I can work with a command line interface.

Arne

(3,601 posts)

5. Not so sure, we had a similar story with the employment computers

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 04:31 PM

Dec 2020

here in Florida.
The glitches and back log was reported like this.

mwooldri

(10,390 posts)

6. CP/M I bet... NT

Reply to Arne (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 05:25 PM

Dec 2020

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