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Federal officials Ask State To Postpone Rollout Of Food Stamp Computer System

By Vince Leibowitz  on Mar 18, 2008 in HHS Boondoogle       [Post to Twitter] Tweet This Post  




Given everything that we’ve heard about horrors in food stamp application processing lately, this should come as no surprise:

Federal officials, alarmed that a Texas computer system has been tardy in processing more than half the food stamp applications it was assigned in December, have asked the state to postpone rollout of the system to more of the state.

“We are not convinced that a continued rollout of [the system] is warranted,” William Ludwig, Dallas regional administrator of the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service, wrote the state last week.

Mr. Ludwig said his agency wants the state to undertake “strong measures to improve timeliness and ensure customer service, including call center performance.”

Spokeswoman Stephanie Goodman of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said Monday that the state is trying to hire and retain more employees in its Office of Eligibility Services, which operates more than 300 field offices and assists four privately run call centers.

Ms. Goodman said the commission also will train more of its workers to use a Web-based computer system to sign up poor Texans for social programs. State officials say the system is still the best hope for the future, despite complaints that it is cumbersome to use.

Difficult to use and the best hope for the future! Sounds like an e-Slate voting machine.

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  1. BigBark | Home on March 18th, 2008 7:44 pm

    links from TechnoratiFederal officials Ask State To Postpone Rollout Of Food Stamp Computer SystemSubmitted by: CapitolAnnex on 3/18/08 via feed from Capitol Annex Given everything that we’ve heard about horrors in food stamp application processing lately, this should come as no surprise:

  2. BlueBloggin on March 24th, 2008 10:35 am

    links from TechnoratiBrains and Eggs reiterates his endorsement of Dale Henry for Texas Railroad Commission and Larry Weiman for 80th Ciivl District Court of Harris County. Vince at Capitol Annex notes that the federal governmenthas asked the state to postpone the roll-out of the state’s new troubled food stamp eligibility screening computer program. McBlogger at McBlogger take a look at the collapse of Bear Stearns and see that JP Morgan Chase may have created the deal of the century. BossKitty at BlueBloggin reminds us that our war hungry vice president Dick Cheney is on the war path again;

  3. Bluedaze. on March 24th, 2008 2:08 pm

    links from TechnoratiBrains and Eggs reiterates his endorsement of Dale Henry for Texas Railroad Commission and Larry Weiman for 80th Ciivl District Court of Harris County. Vince at Capitol Annex notes that the federal governmenthas asked the state to postpone the roll-out of the state’s new troubled food stamp eligibility screening computer program. McBlogger at McBlogger take a look at the collapse of Bear Stearns and see that JP Morgan Chase may have created the deal of the century. BossKitty at BlueBloggin reminds us that our war hungry vice president Dick Cheney is on the war path again;

  4. Eye on Williamson on March 24th, 2008 3:32 pm

    links from TechnoratiBrains and Eggs reiterates his endorsement of Dale Henry for Texas Railroad Commission and Larry Weiman for 80th Ciivl District Court of Harris County. Vince at Capitol Annex notes that the federal governmenthas asked the state to postpone the roll-out of the state’s new troubled food stamp eligibility screening computer program. McBlogger at McBlogger take a look at the collapse of Bear Stearns and see that JP Morgan Chase may have created the deal of the century. BossKitty at BlueBloggin reminds us that our war hungry vice president Dick Cheney is on the war path again;

  5. North Texas Liberal on March 25th, 2008 12:28 am

    links from TechnoratiBrains and Eggs reiterates his endorsement of Dale Henry for Texas Railroad Commission and Larry Weiman for 80th Ciivl District Court of Harris County. Vince at Capitol Annex notes that the federal governmenthas asked the state to postpone the roll-out of the state’s new troubled food stamp eligibility screening computer program. McBlogger at McBlogger take a look at the collapse of Bear Stearns and see that JP Morgan Chase may have created the deal of the century. BossKitty at BlueBloggin reminds us that our war hungry vice president Dick Cheney is on the war path again;

  6. South Texas Chisme on March 28th, 2008 7:02 pm

    links from TechnoratiBrains and Eggs reiterates his endorsement of Dale Henry for Texas Railroad Commission and Larry Weiman for 80th Ciivl District Court of Harris County. Vince at Capitol Annex notes that the federal governmenthas asked the state to postpone the roll-out of the troubled food stamp eligibility screening computer program. McBlogger at McBlogger take a look at the collapse of Bear Stearns and sees that JP Morgan Chase may have created the deal of the century. BossKitty at BlueBloggin reminds us that our vice-president is on the war path again –

  7. Brains and Eggs on March 31st, 2008 12:06 pm

    links from TechnoratiBrains and Eggs reiterates his endorsement of Dale Henry for Texas Railroad Commission and Larry Weiman for 80th Ciivl District Court of Harris County. Vince at Capitol Annex notes that the federal governmenthas asked the state to postpone the roll-out of the troubled food stamp eligibility screening computer program. McBlogger at McBlogger take a look at the collapse of Bear Stearns and sees that JP Morgan Chase may have created the deal of the century. BossKitty at BlueBloggin reminds us that our vice-president is on the war path again –

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