Welfare Computer Speed to Triple ; but Officials Say Troubles Won't End

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › September 30, 2004

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DENVER - The computer company that made Colorado's troubled system for managing welfare cases will provide new equipment by Monday to triple the system's speed.

Gov. Bill Owens said Friday that the company, Electronic Data Systems, will provide 12 computer processors without increasing the price for a system that took nine years to develop and cost taxpayers $199 million.

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Welfare Computer Speed to Triple ; but Officials Say Troubles Won't End

Computer bugs have plagued the Colorado Benefits Management System since it went into service Sept. 1. Officials from each of Colorado's 64 counties have called on Owens to take it...

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