Mainframe COBOL » jobless http://www.mainframecobol.info We know what COBOL stands for Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:50:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Spike in jobless claims highlights system flaws http://www.mainframecobol.info/2010/03/spike-in-jobless-claims-highlights-system-flaws/ http://www.mainframecobol.info/2010/03/spike-in-jobless-claims-highlights-system-flaws/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:00:37 +0000 Mike http://www.mainframecobol.info/?p=310 California got $66 million in federal funds in 2003, earmarked the money to upgrade its call center software and part of its antique, Cobol-based computerized payments system, yet failed to launch these upgrades until recently.

“Projects originally scheduled for completion in 2008 will not be completed until 2014,” said the Assembly report, blaming the delay on “errors in judgment … bad planning, multiple changes in procurement processes and contradictory decisions.” READ MORE

]]> http://www.mainframecobol.info/2010/03/spike-in-jobless-claims-highlights-system-flaws/feed/ 0 Va. jobless benefits on the way after delay http://www.mainframecobol.info/2009/12/va-jobless-benefits-on-the-way-after-delay/ http://www.mainframecobol.info/2009/12/va-jobless-benefits-on-the-way-after-delay/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:05:12 +0000 Mike http://www.mainframecobol.info/2009/12/va-jobless-benefits-on-the-way-after-delay/ “Nobody uses COBOL for computer systems anymore (editor’s note: Oh, really?). It takes a while to get programming done.” In addition, she said: “There are different funding streams … MORE

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