Supercharging the Employment Agency: An Investigation of the Use of Information and Communication Technology to Improve the Service of State Employment Agencies

This report determines critical challenges facing state employment agencies with regard to their use of communications and information technologies and identifies current best practices that address these challenges. When information and...

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By

Anthony M. Townsend

Associate Professor of Management

Iowa State University Department of Logistics, Operations, and MIS 294-7834 amt@iastate.edu

This report determines critical challenges facing state employment agencies with regard to their use of communications and information technologies and identifies current best practices that address these challenges. When information and communications technologies are effectively transferred into employment commission functions, the possibility exists to radically improve commission service while at the same time reducing the costs of agency operations. The study describes information/communication technology best practices, emerging challenges that administrators face, and recommendations for implementation. Technology and E-Government

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