(Scoop News Group) IBM launches COBOL tools as coronavirus slams unemployment systems As states look for COBOL programmers to nurse their aging unemployment systems along, IBM steps in with several new tools to help connect them. Apr 10, 2020 By Ryan Johnston
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tours a field medical station at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus on March 30 and March 31, 2020. (Phil Murphy / Flickr) New Jersey needs COBOL coders to fix ailing unemployment system New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy put out a call for workers who know a programming language now primarily used to keep government's aging mainframe systems alive. Apr 6, 2020 By Colin Wood