Changes at California’s unemployment agency don’t do enough to address problems, lawmakers say – The findings drew concern from state lawmakers who said improvements made by the Employment Development Department don’t do enough to address the agency’s problems. The new online system to expedite applications for benefits and verify identities was installed in response to complaints that the EDD’s former process was ineffective, plagued by jammed phone lines and computer glitches, leaving a backlog of 1.6 million applications that had not been approved as of last month. LA Times 10/7/20
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Here’s how California’s new ID.me verification system for unemployment is working – About 64% of the people who applied for unemployment benefits in California since the Employment Development Department deployed a new online identification tool Thursday were able to verify their identities using a mobile phone or computer, the vast majority without human assistance, according to data released Wednesday. SF Chronicle 10/8/20
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Gartner Identifies Top Five Areas in Digital Commerce that COVID-19 Will Change – Gartner, Inc. has identified five areas of digital commerce that will change due to shifting customer buying behaviors and accelerated digital investment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gartner Press Release 10/8/20
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The Federal Government Releases Tips For Secure Teleworking – The mass teleworking required by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is creating new cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exacerbating old ones. In response, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a quick guide to help organizations address these issues at every level. Route Fifty 10/5/20
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Most counties’ election sites still lack .gov and HTTPS, McAfee says – A vast majority of websites operated by county election administrators around the United States lack key security features that would help users verify that the sites they’re viewing truly belong to their local officials, according to research published Thursday by the cybersecurity firm McAfee. State Scoop 10/8/20
