Open Source and Software Reuse in the US Unemployment Insurance System
This whitepaper provides a brief background on open source software as well as the national Unemployment Insurance system, then takes up the following questions: 1. What is the state of [...]
Solid State Operations Appoints Jeremy Armstrong as New CEO
Boise, April 18, 2024. Solid State Operation Inc. announced this week the appointment of Jeremy Armstrong as its new Chief Executive Officer. Armstrong will replace company founder Gregg Tahmisian who [...]
What Can Disqualify You from Collecting Unemployment?
What will disqualify you from collecting unemployment? There’s one thing worse than losing your job: Losing your job and not being able to collect unemployment insurance benefits. Here are some [...]
Why States are Changing Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment insurance benefits provided a valuable lifeline to Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. “As many as 46 million individuals received unemployment payments in 2020, representing 1 out of every 4 [...]
What is Blockchain Technology & Could it Help Prevent Unemployment Insurance Fraud?
In an attempt to help thwart unemployment fraud – estimated to have been as much as $87.3 billion nationwide -- California assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-Templeton) has put forth AB 2781, [...]
What is Frictional Unemployment & How does it Affect the Economy?
What is "Frictional Unemployment?" When you studied physics in high school or college, you may remember getting homework assignments asking you to calculate the force of two objects on each [...]