A call for visionary investment -- FCW

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Connolly</li><li class="date">Sep 24, 2020</li> </ul> <div> <div class="remove imageCap"><img src="/web/20201010174304im_/https://fcw.com/-/media/GIG/EDIT_SHARED/Cloud/cloud_0.png" alt="cloud (Phaigraphic/Shutterstock.com)" width="760" height="368"> </div> <p>In the midst of the greatest pandemic in a hundred years, when IT underinvestment and antiquated infrastructure has been exposed, we unfortunately continue to hear from some that the solution is to starve investment. This same cynical crowd always seems to know the price of everything and the value of nothing. The bottom line is that the federal government's consistent failure to prioritize IT modernization and program delivery prevented the public from receiving the assistance Congress authorized to help the nation weather one the worst global pandemics and economic crises of our lifetime.</p> <div class="callout" type="CallOut"> <h3>More on IT Modernization</h3> <p>Rep. Connolly is the opening keynote speaker at FCW's Oct. 6 <strong>IT Modernization Summit</strong>. <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201010174304/https://fcw.com/Modernization">Click here</a></strong> to see the full agenda and register for this online event.</p> <p> For a different take on the Technology Modernization Fund, see this <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201010174304/https://fcw.com/articles/2020/09/23/comment-no-tmf-in-covid-relief-cagw.aspx">Sept. 23 commentary</a></strong> from Citizens Against Government Waste's Deborah Collier. </p> </div> <p>The victims of this narrow type of thinking are not just numbers on a spreadsheet to me. They are the millions of Americans who relied on the federal government for assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. They are our neighbors desperately trying to get their economic impact payments to put groceries on the table. They are small business owners trying to access Small Business Administration loans to keep their doors open and employees on payroll. They are middle-class families trying to get their tax refunds to make next month's rent or mortgage payment.</p> <p>My colleagues and I have heard thousands of these stories. 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Because of the economic uncertainty prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, the site received hundreds of thousands of applications amounting to $670 billion over two installments. During the first round of funding, the PPP ran out of funds after just 13 days with the E-Tran system experiencing periodic outages. During the second round of funding, applicants dealt with website crashes and glitches with others unable to access the site's homepage altogether.</p> <p>At one point during the peak of the pandemic, 40 million Americans had filed jobless claims. It was reported that for every 10 people who successfully filed for unemployment, an additional three to four were unable to submit claims online. This is because many states' unemployment systems still operate on outdated technology. For example, both New York and Connecticut's unemployment systems are more than 40 years old, and New Jersey's systems still uses a programming language dating back to 1959. 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