from MURTHY BULLETIN:
Procedures at BECs
BEC operations have been making progress each day. There are many
challenges because of the large volume of cases. There is a brand new
software system that has glitches and a largely new staff that needs
training. To date, they have sent approximately 26,000 "45-day letters." These
are letters to potential employers essentially verifying whether or not
the employer wishes to pursue the case. Of these, 11,000 had
potentially unnecessary questions about the existence of the company because of
the insufficient database that was in use. They now have other databases
and they will continue to send out these 45-day letters. The DOL
requests that the 11,000 letters also be answered, as this is more efficient
than their having to send out revised letters.
When the BEC gets a case, it goes through data entry and then the
45-day letter is issued. When the response is received, the case is put into
one of the 2 processing streams (RIR or Regular), and those streams are
adjusted for FIFO (first-in / first-out order) on a routine basis.
Information is in the process of being set up for a public system. Right
now, the Boston and New York regional offices are the only locations with
accurate information available to the public. The initial data entry
that precedes issuance of the 45-day letter is under consideration for
possibly being abbreviated so that the files may more quickly be
identified as having arrived at the BECs. A national database is being
implemented so that it will be possible to call one BEC and get information
about the location of the file, regardless of which BEC has the file.
thanks
NB
Procedures at BECs
BEC operations have been making progress each day. There are many
challenges because of the large volume of cases. There is a brand new
software system that has glitches and a largely new staff that needs
training. To date, they have sent approximately 26,000 "45-day letters." These
are letters to potential employers essentially verifying whether or not
the employer wishes to pursue the case. Of these, 11,000 had
potentially unnecessary questions about the existence of the company because of
the insufficient database that was in use. They now have other databases
and they will continue to send out these 45-day letters. The DOL
requests that the 11,000 letters also be answered, as this is more efficient
than their having to send out revised letters.
When the BEC gets a case, it goes through data entry and then the
45-day letter is issued. When the response is received, the case is put into
one of the 2 processing streams (RIR or Regular), and those streams are
adjusted for FIFO (first-in / first-out order) on a routine basis.
Information is in the process of being set up for a public system. Right
now, the Boston and New York regional offices are the only locations with
accurate information available to the public. The initial data entry
that precedes issuance of the 45-day letter is under consideration for
possibly being abbreviated so that the files may more quickly be
identified as having arrived at the BECs. A national database is being
implemented so that it will be possible to call one BEC and get information
about the location of the file, regardless of which BEC has the file.
thanks
NB