UI Integrity Advisory Council Project Update May 15, 2015

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1 UI Integrity Advisory Council Project Update May 15,

2 NASWA Integrity Center Staff Staff Randy Gillespie James Van Erden Amy Smith James Cotter Michelle Marshel Sara Hall-Phillips Maria Noble Christine Paquette Brian Langley Bill Starks Vacant Role Integrity Project Director NASWA Sr. Policy Advisor Project Manager, UI Integrity Academy Project Manager, UI Data Hub Project Manager, State Engagement UI SME; Project Manager, Knowledge Library BPC SME; Project Manager, Integrity Symposium; State Liaison UI SME (PT); State Liaison UI SME (PT) UI SME (PT); State Liaison UI SME (PT) Phone # rgillespie@naswa.org jvanerden@naswa.org amy.smith@naswa.org jcotter@naswa.org mmarshel@naswa.org shallphillips@naswa.org mnoble@naswa.org cpaquette@naswa.org blangley@naswa.org wstarks@naswa.org YOUR NAME HERE! 2

3 UI Integrity Advisory Council Membership Member State Harold J. Wirths - Chair Michelle Beebe - Vice Chair Bradford Ward Cheryl Stanton Daryle Dudzinski Dean Izzo Evan Littrell Jeff Fitzgerald Josh Richardson Kate Shelby Marco Morales Neil Gorrell Octavia Romans Ornetta Craig Patrick Holmes Ron Marino Trina Taylor New Jersey Utah Texas South Carolina Connecticut Florida Nebraska Colorado Indiana Indiana Illinois Washington Georgia Maryland Washington D.C. New Jersey Illinois Integrity Center NASWA UI Committee Steering Committee Member Member (State) 3

4 Project Update and Overview of Tasks 4

5 NASWA s Key Tasks Engage states in a national effort to improve UI integrity. Develop a national UI Integrity Academy. Establish a funding process for UI integrity initiatives. Create a UI Integrity Data Hub to expand data cross match efforts. Conduct a UI Integrity Technology Symposium. 5

6 Engage States Objective Establish an Advisory Group to oversee specific work in conjunction with the Center Steering Committee. Develop and implement an Outreach and Engagement strategy to solicit information and suggestions from states. Solicit a contractor to conduct an Assessment and Inventory of current integrity efforts of states. Develop a Model BPC Operation Plan designed to assist states in operationalizing integrity-related promising practices. 6

7 Engage States Completed Activities Prepared a marketing document to provide information and gain buy-in. Assigned NASWA integrity staff as liaisons to each state. Created a database to house state integrity information. Current Activities Creating a dedicated State Portfolio for each state. Developing a NASWA website for the Integrity Center Future Activities Solicit a vendor to conduct a nationwide assessment of tools in use and promising practices. Create a model BPC operational blueprint. Assist states in assessing integrity needs and implementing solutions. Create an Integrity Center communication tool for regular updates. 7

8 UI National Integrity Academy Objective Create an Unemployment Insurance National Integrity Academy (UINIA) dedicated to providing high quality, continually updated, integrity related training programs and materials to state administrative agencies. 8

9 UI National Integrity Academy Current Activities Program of study is under review by system. Defining learning objectives for courses. Hiring curriculum development staff and vendors. Seeking educational partners. Future Activities Develop curriculum. Determine training delivery method(s) and begin training delivery. Confer credits and certificates. Continually assess training needs/effectiveness and update content. 9

10 UI Integrity Data Hub Objective Design and build a single, easily accessible data hub for purposes of cross-matching and data retrieval. Provide ease of access to states to a variety of data sources that may otherwise not be available to them. Eliminate the duplication of effort of multiple states attempting to connect to the same sets of national data. 10

11 UI Integrity Data Hub (IDH) Completed Activities Drafted MOA for pilot states to participate in proof-of-concept. Social Security Administration submitted concept paper to continue dialog. Current Activities erox has begun work on Interstate Connectivity Network (ICON) data catalog. Coordinating meetings with Appriss and erox to review data elements to be sent and received via ICON infrastructure. Meeting with data suppliers to explore national data agreements. Future Activities Select IDH pilot states. Explore and access additional data sources. Determine the long term business model and pricing. 11

12 UI Integrity Symposium Objective Facilitate an Integrity Technology Symposium linking public and private sector subject matter experts on the use of technology and promising practices to combat UI Fraud. Symposium is planned for September 1 & 2, 2015 in Washington D.C. 12

13 UI Integrity Symposium Completed Activities Approval granted by USDOL. Training and Employment Notice (TEN) with symposium announcement and meeting logistics finalized. Venue selected. Draft agenda developed. Current Activities Ideas for sessions and workshops drafted working to secure presenters. Travel assistance funding process for state attendees being created. Develop marketing for the symposium Future Activities Finalize agenda, sessions and workshops and presenters. Finalize travel assistance process. Launch marketing/outreach for the symposium. 13

14 Questions 14