The Labor Department awarded the last $204 million of grant money for unemployment insurance modernization late last month to 18 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands to move to the cloud and more modular technology that’s adaptable to change.
Of the $2 billion initially allocated for the department’s jobless aid modernization and fraud prevention under the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, about $800 million was set aside for grants. Congress clawed back $1 billion from the effort as part of the debt ceiling deal.
