Colorado Enlists ‘Virtual Agent’ to Answer Unemployment Queries

Government Technology: Starting Wednesday, a machine will be answering the Colorado unemployment office’s customer support line, and busy signals will be a thing of the past. For those who want to speak with a person, patience still will be part of the equation.

The state will launch its new “virtual agent” system after the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s perpetually over-stressed call center closes Tuesday afternoon, Jeff Fitzgerald, the chief of the state unemployment program, said Thursday.

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