Virginias UI Modernization and Collaboration

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Virginias UI Modernization and Collaboration

• 23 October 2007

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UI Modernization Approach

• Principles
• Maximize Return On Investment for new UI System
  (Benefit, Tax, Wage Record)
• Streamline and Consolidate Functionality in an
  Integrated system approach
• Share and collaborate with other states
• Leverage from other states that have gone
  through or are going through modernization
• Best Practices, Lessons Learned, Documentation,
  etc.
• Provide information and documentation to states
  as project evolves
• Explore Collaborate arrangements, including
  development of an Integrated UI System
• Where we are at
• Created Vision for an Integrated UI System
• Completed Re-engineering, including defining
  common system building blocks
• Canvassed Best Practices and Lessons Learned from
  states across the nation
• Issued RFI and evaluated responses
• Stressed innovation and integrated approach
• Starting RFP process
• Exploring Collaborative arrangements
• NY
• ND

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Vision and Scope

• Key Business and IT personnel involved
• Executives as well
• A system.
• That delivers services tailored to most
  effectively meet customer needs
• That is efficient
• Based on technologies that are enduring,
  extensible, maintainable, flexible
• Each aspect then decomposed to drive
  re-engineered concepts and system requirements

• Scope

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Re-Engineering Ideas

• Some examples based investigation with other
  states
• Require employers to file electronically
• Elimination of contribution report
• Dynamic on-line Fact Finding for initial claims
  and weekly claims
• Progressive Questioning online for Employer
  Registrations
• Visited Utah, and visit arranged to Minnesota and
  perhaps Indiana

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Common Building blocks
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State Research
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Vendor Research - RFI

• Issued in Spring 07
• 9 responses
• Some Objectives and Themes
• Ascertain from Industry approaches and solutions
  to developing a UI system (including Benefits,
  Tax, Appeals, Wage Record functionality), that
  are creative, cost-effective, and time and
  resource sensitive in meeting the functional
  requirements
• System employs a Service Oriented architecture,
  and seamlessly integrates underlying technologies
  and implementation details to the maximum
  possible extent
• Leveraging a UI system or subsystems from other
  states whose underlying technologies may vary
• Encouraged Creative and outside-the-box
  innovative approaches
• Shared RFI with states

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Collaboration Initiatives

• Virginia Secretary of Technology encouraging
  collaboration
• Held discussion with Michigan
• VITA and DMV
• UI Common Applications Project Participation
• Vision from VEC
• Held exploratory discussions with ND
• Exploratory discussions with NY
• Share Functional requirements
• Participate in Open Source site

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Contact Information

• Trish Williams
• VEC Chief of Benefits
• Trish.williams_at_vec.virginia.gov
• 804 786 3032