Could the Computer Problems that Delayed the Payment of Unemployment Benefits Have Been Avoided?

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Some tests of the platform of the State Secretariat for Economics, which had experienced major computer bugs as early as January, had not been conclusive, according to information from "Blick" published on Saturday. The Seco considers that they were. It is a matter that never ends to make talk about it: it is recalled, the transition from the State Secretariat to the new SIPAC 2.0 payment system at the beginning of the year has caused difficulti…

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The problems of the IT system of the unemployment funds were apparently known, the legal hurdles in warnings of listeria and more in the Sunday news.

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The Blick revealed on Saturday that the State Secretariat for the Economy had been alerted about the fragility of its computer system for the payment of unemployment insurance before it was put into service. However, thousands of people found themselves injured in January because of failures.

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The Seco leaders knew about serious security and performance problems. Nevertheless, the 200 million-franc project Asal 2.0 went online, with dramatic consequences for thousands of unemployed people.