The Labor Department unveiled a $653 million grant project for states to make critical upgrades to their unemployment insurance technology systems Friday afternoon—primarily to defend against fraud—as states struggle with widespread fraudulent Covid-era unemployment claims that likely cost them tens of billions of dollars.
The funding comes from the American Rescue Plan Act,…

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