$50K on UI Benefits Handbook

The Department of Employment Security spent over $50K printing the IDES Unemployment Insurance Benefits Handbook in 2009.

by Amanda Griffin-Johnson

Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2009, the Department of Employment Security spent $50,870.50 on the Unemployment Insurance Benefits Handbook. According to the IDES website, the UI Benefits Handbook “provides detailed instructions on how job seekers can apply for unemployment insurance benefits.” There are two vendors for the expenses. Labor Tech Printing Inc of Joliet, Illinois received $30,979.92, and the GH Printing Company Inc of Downers Grove, Illinois received two payments totaling $19,890.58.

To find these payments on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to “Checks to Businesses & People” and scroll down “Category of Spending” to “Sn 4446 Ui Benefits H&book -.” To download the data, click on the Excel or CSV icon below the search results.