Many of you probably know, that I don’t get very political on my blog, or my podcasts or anywhere else for that matter.  However, currently depending on the EDD for money coming in, its really rough with how out of date their system is.

Below is a letter I sent to the Governor via his website at: http://gov.ca.gov/interact. Will I get anything, beyond a generic thank you e-mail? Probably not, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to try right?

What are your opinions?

Hello Governor Schwarzenegger:

As one of the huge numbers of unemployed people currently in California, I was curious if you had given any consideration to making the EDD section of the state more budget conscience?

With some very small amounts of their full budget, it seems to me that you could probably wipe out a portion of their budget.

First point, why do the bi-weekly reports of job searching need to be mailed back and forth?  Some quick calculations would show they spend: $420,000 for every million letters they send out. Instead, why doesn’t the state do direct deposit, and allow the forms to be put online?

This would speed up the process of processing forms, and lower costs related to mailing checks out.

Also, for when a check has been mailed out, why must people call in to find out? This morning between 7:51 AM and 8:24 AM I wounded up calling about 26 times to find out my check was written today. The previous 25 times, I was told that they were to busy handling other calls.

This should be relatively easy to turn into an  internet based form, that people can check via their computer. And it would also save the state all of the money it wastes telling people that the EDD is having to many calls to answer theirs.

California is known for being the leaders in many areas, why is it our EDD section is so far behind?

Thank you,

Chris Moody

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