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Tag: Nancy Farias

EDD Updates Continue With Modernized Disability Benefits Application

May 30, 2025   2:45 amMay 30, 2025   2:46 am
The Employment Development Department (EDD) released a new online application for disability benefits this week, modernizing the agency following years of complaints over the previous longer, more complicated system. Since the beginning of the decade, the EDD has rapidly modernized...
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EDD Adds Three New Languages For Access And Support

April 3, 2024   6:29 pmApril 3, 2024   6:29 pm
The Employment Development Department (EDD) announced in recent days that they will be expanding the number of languages used to access EDD benefits and other services. Specifically, Armenian, Korean, and Tagalog will be added to the current roster of  English,...
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Congress is Fed up with the California EDD

April 26, 2023   6:21 pmApril 27, 2023   6:11 am
Congress is getting fed up with the California EDD, today sending a third request for information regarding its disastrous, fraud-riven pandemic response. In January, the House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee asked EDD chief Nancy Farias to turn over...
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California EDD Deemed ‘Non-Responsive’ by Congressional Committee

March 24, 2023   2:45 amMarch 24, 2023   6:19 am
A person in a coma is considered to be non-responsive. Unironically, also considered to be non-responsive is California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) when it comes to answering Congressional questions. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability – which is looking...
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California EDD on Fed Hotseat

February 15, 2023   1:33 pmFebruary 15, 2023   1:49 pm
California’s Employment Development Department is in the crosshairs of Congress’ Committee on Oversight and Accountability for its poor handling of its pandemic benefit programs. It is estimated that $191 billion was lost to “improper payments” across the country by various...
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California EDD Blamed Fed Program for Fraud – New Numbers Show That is Impossible

February 11, 2023   10:53 amFebruary 14, 2023   9:36 am
New federal Department of Labor figures regarding the massive looting of the nation’s unemployment insurance systems during the pandemic show that California’s improper payment figure has climbed again and is now estimated to be nearly $40 billion. Labor Department Inspector...
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CA Unemployment Agency Head Blames Trump Admin for Massive EDD Fraud and Failures

January 31, 2023   8:51 amFebruary 1, 2023   4:49 pm
“Trump administration ‘neglected’ California’s efforts to combat unemployment fraud, EDD head says,” the Sacramento Bee reports Tuesday. “Nancy Farias swung back hard against allegations by Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., that California has done a poor job fighting unemployment fraud,” the...
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