ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, which operates the state’s unemployment benefits system, has signed contracts totaling $119 million in a three-week period attempting to handle the influx of coronavirus unemployment-related calls and applications, department spending shows.

News 6 submitted a public records request for recent spending since Florida’s unemployment rate spiked in March due to coronavirus closures and furloughs.

By April 3, the department spent $25 million in two weeks on contracts for call center services, computers and phone systems.

As of Monday morning, the department has spent $119.1 million since March 28 to massively increase its call center capacity, develop a mobile-friendly application

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