Sec. 401. Centralized support and technical assistance for State program improvement
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Title III of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 501 et seq. ), as amended by section 302, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to the availability of the appropriations made available by section 403 of the GUARD Act , the Secretary of Labor shall make available to each State administering an unemployment compensation program central supportive services and direct technical assistance to assist the State in— promoting equitable access to such unemployment compensation program; preventing and identifying fraud and supporting law enforcement in the recovery of payments made due to fraud; and improving timely payments and reducing workload backlogs.
The assistance provided by the Secretary of Labor under subsection
(a)may include the following: Response teams that provide consultative assessments. Prototyping and piloting technology solutions and conducting feasibility studies. Sustaining technology solutions and supporting State process changes to improve access and efficiency. The Secretary of Labor may establish and maintain a database for the purposes of administering the requirements of sections 303 and 307. The Secretary of Labor may use data contained in the database established under paragraph
(1)only— for purposes of program administration, including research, evaluation, and performance assessment, of State and Federal unemployment compensation programs, including reemployment services and eligibility assessments in accordance with section 306; and to address identity theft within such unemployment compensation programs. The Secretary of Labor shall comply with appropriate industry safeguards with respect to the storage of such data. Such data may be disclosed by the Secretary of Labor to Federal or State government officials, or their contractors, only to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes described in paragraph
(2)and only under the terms of a written agreement with the Federal or State government official providing for appropriate measures to protect the confidentiality of such data, including oversight of their contractors. The Secretary of Labor may not disclose such data to any other person or entity, and no Federal or State government official, or their contractor, may redisclose such data to any person or entity, except as provided in this subparagraph. Such data shall be exempt from disclosure under 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code. .
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