Unemployment Insurance Modernization
  • Introduction
  • What we're reading
    • Language Access Resources
    • Tracking implemented solutions
  • Language Access Resources
    • USDR Language Access Support
    • Spanish Translation Guide for Unemployment Insurance
      • Using This Guide
      • Writing Inclusive Spanish
      • Writing Plain Spanish
        • Guidance For Word Choice
        • Guidance For Sentence Structure
        • Spanish Grammar Conventions
      • Designing Reader-Friendly Content for Spanish Speakers
      • Final Notes
      • USDR Language Access Support
      • Links to Resources
      • Spanish Translation Guide Changelog
  • Plain Spanish Glossary of Unemployment Insurance Terms
    • Spanish Glossary Changelog
  • Multilingual Retroactive PUA Eligibility Resources for State Workforce Agencies
    • (English) Retroactive PUA – Claimant Communications
    • (Spanish) Retroactive PUA – Claimant Communications
    • (English) Retroactive PUA – Fact-finding content
    • (Spanish) Retroactive PUA – Fact-finding content
    • Retroactive PUA – Fact-finding form design
  • Unemployment Insurance Fraud Reporting
    • Unemployment Insurance Fraud Reporting Tool Kit
  • Identity proofing for UI agencies
    • Identity proofing introduction
    • Race and inequity in identity proofing methods
      • Background
      • Recommendation 1: Find and mitigate inequitable impact of identity fraud detection flags
      • Recommendation 2: Increase accountability for ensuring rightful claimants make it through the system
      • References and thanks
    • What is identity proofing?
    • Commercial uses of identity proofing
    • Process of identity proofing
      • Identity resolution
      • Identity validation
      • Identity verification
    • User experience of identity proofing
    • Identity proofing vendor comparison
      • Vendor analysis
      • Summary of vendor offerings
      • Deep dive: pricing
      • Deep dive: platform “bundling”
      • Deep dive: handling Social Security numbers
      • Deep dive: document verification
      • What’s next?
    • Appendix I: Vendor evaluation of key considerations
    • Appendix II: Vendor Evaluation of Supplemental Considerations
  • Additional Deep Dives
    • Effective Communication with UI Claimants Through a Standalone Case Management System
    • Sample Communications
    • Customer support mechanisms for UI agencies
      • Improved UX reduces inequity
      • Online appointment scheduling
        • Agency’s current solution
        • Other states’ solutions
        • Solution space
        • Deep dive: vendor “types”
        • Deep dive: pricing
        • Recommendations by category
      • Chatbots
        • Methodology
        • Types of online chat
        • Live chat
        • Free-text chat
        • Prompted chat
        • Support chat
        • Requirements
        • Best practices
        • Known results
    • Employer Interactions with Unemployment Insurance Systems
      • Landscape of the Employer Experience: User Interviews
        • Methodology
        • Key Takeaways
      • Employer Experience: Digital Interactions
        • Methodology & Note on Language
        • Key Takeaways
  • UI Journey Map & Recommendations
    • Introduction
      • The Journey Map
      • Methods & Acknowledgements
    • The Claimant Journey
      • Know what I'm eligible for
      • Submit my information
      • Certify Weekly
      • Receive Payment
      • Know my claim status
      • Receive Help
    • The Agency Journey
      • Validate Identity
      • Validate Monetary Eligibility
      • Interacting with Employers
      • Fact Finding
      • Update systems for new programs
      • Relationship with US DOL
    • The Employer Journey
  • Getting started with data
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References and thanks

Thanks also to Robin Carnahan, Sara Hudson, Waldo Jaquith, Julia Simon-Mishel, and Sam Zeitlin for the knowledge they shared with me in conversations.

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All sources are linked inline. I particularly want to call out the phenomenal and in-depth research in New America's Public Interest Technology New Practice Lab's report, September 2020, in particular .

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Unpacking Inequities in Unemployment Insurance
Section 3: A Focus on Fraud Over Accessibility: The Punitive Design of UI