Solution sought for failed state system
Source: By Steve Raabe, Denver Post (CO), 10/30/2006 11:21:22 PM MST
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment expects to report by January whether it can salvage any of a nonworking $39 million computer system. A report issued Monday by the Colorado Legislative Audit Committee says the state Labor Department will determine by January if parts of the system can be saved or if it will have to start from scratch to create a new method for tracking unemployment taxes and jobless benefits. The Labor Department last year terminated its contract with Accenture LLP after state officials said two key components of Accenture's new computer system didn't work.