SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials knew a computer upgrade for the state's unemployment insurance program that delayed tens of thousands of benefit checks was vulnerable to problems before it was installed, according to a report from The Sacramento Bee.
The newspaper reported officials underestimated how many unemployment claims would be affected by a glitch in the nearly $188 million system upgrade implemented over Labor Day weekend.
The data-conversion problem delayed jobless benefits for nearly 150,000 Californians, skewing reporting of initial jobless claims by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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