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An Old Computer System Is Keeping Many Americans From Getting Their Coronavirus Relief Checks
Multiple U.S. states are relying on computers running a 60-year-old programming language to process the sudden influx of households, businesses, and individuals covered by the $US2 ($3) trillion covid-19 response bill, the CARES Act. And unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of people still in the workforce who know COBOL to help update these systems. Additionally,…