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State auditor: Unemployment dept. call center has been a barrier to accessing benefits

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A new audit of the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance found that mismanagement of the department’s call center frequently led to half-hour wait times and nearly 150,000 abandoned calls over the course of a year.

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