Full Text of SR0113 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On May 15, 2020, several members of the General | 3 | | Assembly received panicked phone calls and emails concerning | 4 | | private personal identification information, such as social | 5 | | security numbers, addresses, and birth dates, being published | 6 | | publicly on the Illinois Department of Employment Security's | 7 | | (IDES) website; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The private information being published by IDES | 9 | | pertained to tens of thousands of individuals who had applied | 10 | | for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits as a | 11 | | result of the government shut down of businesses in response | 12 | | to the COVID-19 pandemic; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Governor Pritzker and IDES entered into two | 14 | | no-bid contracts with private sector companies totaling $22 | 15 | | million of taxpayer money to help assist in upgrading IDES's | 16 | | antiquated website and claims systems; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Prior to May 11, 2020, the day the new IDES became | 18 | | operational, the general public and members of the General | 19 | | Assembly were assured that upon completion of the upgrades to | 20 | | the system then IDES would be able to handle the large number | 21 | | of applications more efficiently, and the application process | 22 | | for unemployment benefits would be easier and more secure; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Since the beginning of the government shut down | 2 | | of businesses on March 16, 2020, a record number of over one | 3 | | million Illinoisans have filed for unemployment benefits, with | 4 | | many having to repeatedly call IDES while waiting for weeks | 5 | | without income; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Upon learning about the publication of the | 7 | | private personal information on IDES's website, | 8 | | then-Representative Terri Bryant immediately notified members | 9 | | of the Governor's staff and the IDES staff and asked them to | 10 | | resolve the data breach; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The day following the data breach, having not | 12 | | received sufficient answers as to how the breach happened and | 13 | | who was affected, then-Representative Terri Bryant submitted a | 14 | | letter to the Governor's office requesting those answers; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, On May 21, 2020, five days after the request for | 16 | | answers from the Governor's office and still not having | 17 | | received an adequate response, a subsequent letter was sent | 18 | | from several members of the House Republican Caucus asking | 19 | | that the Governor respond; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Every day that goes by without knowing whose | 21 | | information was published, how long the information was |
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| 1 | | available, and who was able to access the information leaves | 2 | | thousands of Illinoisans, who are already suffering from job | 3 | | loss, vulnerable to identity theft; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is | 6 | | directed to conduct an audit of the Illinois Department of | 7 | | Employment Security and the unemployment benefits application | 8 | | system; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | 10 | | the following determinations: | 11 | | (1) For what period of time the personal information | 12 | | of unemployment applicants was available for access by | 13 | | other applicants and the public; | 14 | | (2) Whether or not the data breach has been fully | 15 | | resolved; | 16 | | (3) The possibility of another data breach; | 17 | | (4) The number of applicants whose information was | 18 | | published; | 19 | | (5) The vulnerability to identity theft or other | 20 | | security issues of those whose information was published; | 21 | | (6) Any other vulnerabilities regarding the | 22 | | information of the millions of Illinoisans who have | 23 | | applied for unemployment benefits; and | 24 | | (7) A review of the contracts awarded to Deloitte |
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| 1 | | Consulting for assisting IDES in the upgrading of its IT | 2 | | services; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That IDES and any other State agency or entity | 4 | | having information relevant to the audit shall cooperate fully | 5 | | and promptly in the conduct of the audit; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 7 | | soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | 8 | | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 9 | | 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Legislative Audit Commission is urged | 11 | | to review the findings of this audit in a public meeting, and | 12 | | the General Assembly is urged to take any actions that it deems | 13 | | necessary or desirable to implement the recommendations made | 14 | | by the audit and to remedy any problems or dysfunctions | 15 | | uncovered by the audit; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to Governor JB Pritzker, Department of Employment | 18 | | Security Acting Director Kristin Richards, Auditor General | 19 | | Frank J. Mautino, and Legislative Audit Commission Executive | 20 | | Director Jane Stricklin.
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