With many states finding that their unemployment systems are buckling under unprecedented demand, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy put out a call for programmers who know COBOL, the programming language that the state's unemployment system runs on. During a daily briefing on New Jersey's coronavirus response, Murphy said that in addition to reacting to the second-worst COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, his office is also unexpectedly prioritizing repairs to a decades-old computer system used to process unemployment claims. The need for programmers equipped to handle the archaic programming language is emblematic of the workforce and technology modernization issues government faces even in non-pandemic times. Colin Wood has more.

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Marine Corps’ new education strategy focuses on tech-driven ‘continuous’ learning

The Marine Corps issues its first new education doctrine document in more than 20 years focused on continuous learning in the face of new tech challenges. Learn more about the new strategy here.

GSA’s coronavirus bot shows how RPA can supplement pandemic response

The agency needed to process a lot of data about infection counts in areas where it runs federal buildings. Robotic process automation (RPA) cut down a lot of repetitive, manual work that humans were doing. Dave has a look at how.

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