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Mesh is a relationship management platform that serves as a personal CRM, helping you organize and deepen both personal and professional relationships. It functions as a beautiful rolodex and CRM available on iPhone, Mac, Windows, and web, built automatically to help manage your network efficiently. Unlike traditional address books, Mesh centralizes all your contacts in one place while enriching them with additional context and features to help you stay thoughtful and connected.
To make government more efficient, we must first make it more effective
This is a guest post by Rohan Bhobe, the CEO and cofounder of Nava PBC. The DC-based public benefit corporation creates platforms and technical systems to help government agencies better serve constituents. In 2013, when a scrappy group of Silicon Valley technologists was brought in to help fix HealthCare.gov, they were taking part in a paradigm shift. The service’s public failure helped expose the government’s need for modern development methods supported by vendors who use them.
Building modern paid family and medical leave programs
For many workers, paid family and medical leave benefits can be a lifeline during major life events such as welcoming a new child or caring for a sick family member. PFML programs can also benefit the economy by closing earnings gaps and increasing workforce retention and participation.
Fraud and equity must go hand-in-hand when modernizing unemployment insurance
During the first three months of the pandemic, a whopping 52 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, representing 21% of the U.S. adult population. This unprecedented surge of UI claims strained newly remote state workforces, laying bare the cracks in our UI system and opening the door for bad actors. The Government Accountability Office estimates that fraudsters stole up to $135 billion from UI programs during the pandemic.
Fraud prevention and equity must go hand-in-hand when modernizing unemployment insurance
During the first three months of the pandemic, a whopping 52 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, representing 21% of the U.S. adult population. This unprecedented surge of UI claims strained newly remote state workforces, laying bare the cracks in our UI system and opening the door for bad actors. The Government Accountability Office estimates that fraudsters stole up to $135 billion from UI programs during the pandemic.
To reimagine unemployment insurance services, start small
Senator Wyden’s tech-forward bill for a modular unemployment system is important and urgently needed. By Rohan Bhobe, Michelle Thong, and Kalvin Wang We’ve seen over and over again how the failure of critical public services causes real harm, both physical and financial. The stories are too many to count, from Florida’s $77 million broken unemployment website to people in Georgia waiting 120 days to get their unemployment checks.
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