"This pilot is expected to serve as a starting point for initial UI claims that would provide both ID verification and work authorization services. Once those front-end services are complete, individuals will be directed to states to file their initial claims," they said, noting that "DOL is not piloting initial claims intake or taking that function over on behalf of states."
""The agency has not yet clarified how it will implement this pilot, who will have access to the data it collects or how it would use this data," they wrote in a letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRamer on Wednesday."
The Labor Department planned a pilot of a centralized unemployment.gov platform to provide identity proofing and work authorization services alongside claims intake. A government shutdown delayed the project; the pilot now is expected to launch in spring with two to five states that have not been identified. The department states the pilot will provide front-end ID verification and work authorization services, then direct individuals to states to file initial claims, and that it will not assume claims intake. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders requested detailed information by Jan. 7 about implementation, data access, and data use. Experts warned about privacy and data-retention risks and noted prior efforts to consolidate sensitive government data while the department seeks sensitive unemployment information to combat fraud.
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