The 2021 President’s Management Agenda identified federal customer experience as a priority area for improvement. GAO was asked to review OMB and selected federal agencies’ efforts to improve federal customer experience.
This dashboard provides a comprehensive view of underlying trends in unemployment across Michigan. It serves as an invaluable resource for understanding the impacts of unemployment on various industries, occupations, and communities. By providing detailed insights into sectors experiencing layoffs, claimant demographics, and the regions most affected, the dashboard equips us with the data needed to develop targeted solutions tailored to the needs of Michiganders.
This guide is intended to provide everything else, with a focus on the basics of UI technology projects, guidance on standards for equitable uses of technology, and strategies for how to have a positive impact on these projects.
The GAO placed the UI system on its High Risk List in June 2022, leading the DOL to develop a transformation plan detailing activities and strategies for building a resilient UI system capable of responding effectively to future economic challenges.
The California Employment Development Department (CA EDD) launched the EDDNext initiative to modernize benefit delivery, focusing on user-centric procurement for a new identity verification system. By using user personas to assess vendor solutions, CA EDD accelerated the procurement process and selected Socure to implement the digital identity proofing system, set to launch in 2024.
Through the interviews, ULP sought to capture details of claimant experience, see how and why system failures occurred, and make recommendations for reform now—before another financial or public health crisis suddenly causes state unemployment rates to spike.
The report beings by briefly describing the challenge that disabled workers face in accessing UI and the benefits of reforming the system to better serve these workers. The report then presents a list of considerations for UI reform in the areas of administrative process and technology improvements as well as considerations for policy change.
