The document announces a new system implemented by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry and the Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) to identify and stop unemployment benefit payments to incarcerated claimants. It is estimated to save nearly $12 million annually by stopping payments when claimants are incarcerated based on real-time matching. Diverse Technology Consultants has provided support to JNET since 2001 and helped advance its information exchange capabilities.

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Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Labor & Industry, in
collaboration with the Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET),
announced a new cross-match system to identify and stop
benefit payments to unemployment compensation claimants
incarcerated in the state’s county prisons.
Estimates by the department indicate annual
savings of nearly $12 million to the UC trust
fund through a real-time benefits payment stop
that occurs when UC claimants are incarcerated
in 51 of the 63 counties that operate prisons. This
estimate is based on the average size and number
of weeks of payments.
“For many years, individuals have abused the UC trust fund
by unlawfully collecting benefits while incarcerated,” Labor &
Industry Secretary Julia Hearthway said. “The capability to cross-
match incarcerated individuals against UC claimants allows the
department to stop payments rather than go to the added expense
of ferreting out and trying to recoup erroneous payments made.”
JNET is a secure portal used by criminal justice and public safety
professionals to access data from local, state and federal agencies.
When a new inmate enters a county prison that participates in
JNET, the individual’s information is automatically compared
against the UC rolls maintained by Labor & Industry. After L&I
receives and verifies the report, the individual is immediately
removed from active UC benefit status, saving the UC trust fund
and the commonwealth’s businesses and employees millions of
dollars.
DTC has provided support and leadership to JNET since 2001
as a prime contractor performing services to include; project
management, policy development, architecture/engineering,
application development /support, communications, quality
assurance, training, and public relations.
The DTC team has been central to JNET’s
successful evolution to a service-oriented
architecture and implementation of the National
Information Exchange Model (NIEM) message development
process. The resultant JNET messaging infrastructure allows
for the secure exchange of information between multiple agency
systems and users with a comparatively trivial investment of
time, money and resources.
“This is just one example of how we are using technology to make
government programs more effective and efficient,” said Secretary
of Administration Kelly Powell Logan. “We were able to bring this
service online for L&I with minimal cost and effort – an investment
that will produce millions of dollars in savings for years to come.”
“DTC is proud to have played such an integral role in the
advancement of information exchange in the commonwealth and
the nation.” says DTC Chief Executive Officer O. Tyrone Barnett.
“The success of this case emphasizes the very real opportunity
to accelerate information sharing initiatives across multiple
communities of practice, such as government administration,
health and human services and public safety.”
Combatting Unemployment
Compensation Fraud
Combatting Unemployment
Compensation Fraud

2. DTC’s JNET Project Has Received 9 National, International and State Awards Since 2005!
Previous Service Awards / Accolades
During DTC’s tenure at JNET, we delivered several successful business solutions, which received the
following awards:
• In March 2005, JNET received a “Best Application of Technology” award from the Technology
Council of Central PA for its use and implementation of technology with a focus on the ability to
providecriminaljusticepractitionerswith24x7accesstocriminaljusticeandpublicsafetyinformation.
• In 2006, JNET received the Recognition award from the National Association of State Chief
Information Officers (NASCIO) for their Criminal Justice Information Sharing Program, and the
Global XML 3.0 Document Creation Process.
• In June 2008, JNET’s Consolidated Warrant Search Application received an award in
the category of Digital Government: Government to Government at the Best of Pennsylvania
Technology Awards.
• In June 2008, JNET was awarded Laureate status by International Data Group’s (IDG’s)
ComputerworldHonorsProgramforutilizingaService-OrientedArchitecture(SOA)tosuccessfully
deploy a Federated Warrant Search application.
• In October 2008, JNET’s Federated Warrant Search application won NASCIO’s “Data,
Information and Knowledge Management” category award.
• In June 2011, JNET was awarded Laureate status by International Data Group’s (IDG’s)
Computerworld Honors Program for its federated address search application, which allows users
to search addresses housed in different systems via a single inquiry.
• In June 2012, JNET has earned a 21st Century Achievement Award from IDG’s
Computerworld Honors Program for integrating and supporting facial recognition technology in
the JNET Portal to help enforcement identify criminal suspects and witnesses.
• In March 2013, DTC was nominated by the PA Technology Council for developing and
implementing the automated Unemployment Compensation Match at JNET. The Unemployment
Compensation Match saves approximately $12 Million annually in disbursements of Unemployment
Compensation funds to incarcerated Pennsylvanians.
• In early 2013, Computerworld nominated JNET as a Laureate in the Collaboration category
of the 2013 Computerworld Honor Program for its Unemployment Compensation Match solution.