Full Text of HR0860 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE 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 result | 11 | | of the government shut down of businesses in response to the | 12 | | COVID-19 pandemic; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Governor Pritzker and IDES entered into two no-bid | 14 | | contracts with private sector companies totaling $22 million of | 15 | | taxpayer money to help assist in upgrading IDES's antiquated | 16 | | 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 of | 2 | | 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 private | 7 | | personal information on IDES's website, Representative Terri | 8 | | Bryant immediately notified members of the Governor's staff and | 9 | | the IDES staff and asked them to resolve the data breach; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The day following the data breach, having not | 11 | | received sufficient answers as to how the breach happened and | 12 | | who was affected, Representative Terri Bryant submitted a | 13 | | letter to the Governor's office requesting those answers; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, On May 21, 2020, five days after the request for | 15 | | answers from the Governor's office and still not having | 16 | | received an adequate response, a subsequent letter was sent | 17 | | from several members of the House Republican Caucus asking that | 18 | | the Governor respond; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Every day that goes by without knowing whose | 20 | | information was published, how long the information was | 21 | | available, and who was able to access the information leaves |
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| 1 | | thousands of Illinoisans, who are already suffering from job | 2 | | loss, vulnerable to identity theft; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | the Auditor General is directed to conduct an audit of the | 6 | | Illinois Department of Employment Security and the | 7 | | unemployment benefits application system; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, | 9 | | the following determinations: | 10 | | (1) For what period of time the personal information of | 11 | | unemployment applicants was available for access by other | 12 | | applicants and the public; | 13 | | (2) Whether or not the data breach has been fully | 14 | | resolved; | 15 | | (3) The possibility of another data breach; | 16 | | (4) The number of applicants whose information was | 17 | | published; | 18 | | (5) The vulnerability to identity theft or other | 19 | | security issues of those whose information was published; | 20 | | (6) Any other vulnerabilities regarding the | 21 | | information of the millions of Illinoisans who have applied | 22 | | for unemployment benefits; and | 23 | | (7) A review of the contracts awarded to Deloitte | 24 | | Consulting for assisting IDES in the upgrading of its IT |
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| 1 | | services; and be it further | 2 | | RESOLVED, That IDES and any other State agency or entity | 3 | | having information relevant to the audit shall cooperate fully | 4 | | and promptly in the conduct of the audit; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall commence this | 6 | | audit as soon as possible and report his findings and | 7 | | recommendations upon completion to the Governor and each of the | 8 | | four leaders of the General Assembly; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Legislative Audit Commission is urged to | 10 | | review the findings of this audit in a public meeting, and the | 11 | | General Assembly is urged to take any actions that it deems | 12 | | necessary or desirable to implement the recommendations made by | 13 | | the audit and to remedy any problems or dysfunctions uncovered | 14 | | by the audit; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 16 | | delivered to Governor JB Pritzker, Department of Employment | 17 | | Security Acting Director Thomas Chan, Auditor General Frank J. | 18 | | Mautino, and Legislative Audit Commission Executive Director | 19 | | Jane Stricklin.
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