Illinois to use private sector for freelance unemployment benefits website – ABC20 (Springfield)

The US Department of Labor says they offered every state assistance with updating their unemployment computer systems. Eleven states accepted while Illinois did not. “Even the federal government, sometimes especially government, doesn't do things as well as the private sector. What I can tell you is that we've got private sector consultants -- big ones -- to come in and put up the proper websites we need," Pritzker said.