

Lessons Learned
It is important to point out that the current issues with the Oregon Employment Department’s data processing system is not an IT issue; it is an administration and political issue. The topic has become center stage for the delays in processing the hundreds of thousands of unemployment insurance claims and the inability to adapt the system to the CARES act changes set forth by the Fed. Working in the IT industry, I feel for the IT staff at the Oregon Employment Dept. Like most