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officer. The department must ensure that the project plan, timeline 1 with quantifiable deliverables, and budget by fiscal year by fund, to 2 include ongoing costs by fiscal year, are adhered to. The department 3 shall report on the status of the project to the office of financial 4 management and the relevant committees of the legislature by December 5 1, 2021. 6 (d) $4,477,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund— 7 federal appropriation is provided solely for the department to 8 process the unemployment insurance claimant backlog and to make 9 program changes that enhance user experience in order to reduce 10 claimant errors. 11 (e) $1,417,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation (CRF) is 12 provided solely for the department to contract with the national 13 guard to assist the department with its unemployment insurance claims 14 backlog. 15 (f) $1,267,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation (CRF) is 16 provided solely for the department to contract with a vendor to 17 provide fact-finding services related to unemployment insurance 18 claims. 19 (g) (($6,840,000)) $4,840,000 of the unemployment compensation 20 administration account—federal appropriation is provided solely for 21 the department to implement the federal United States department of 22 labor equity grant. This grant includes improving the translation of 23 notices sent to claimants as part of their unemployment insurance 24 claims into any of the 10 languages most frequently spoken in the 25 state and other language, demographic, and geographic equity 26 initiatives approved by the grantor. The department must also ensure 27 that letters, alerts, and notices produced manually or by the 28 department's unemployment insurance technology system are written in 29 plainly understood language and evaluated for ease of claimant 30 comprehension before they are approved for use. 31 (13) $10,000,000 of the unemployment compensation administration 32 account—federal appropriation is provided solely for the department 33 to make information technology improvements to improve user 34 experience and increase security to prevent unemployment insurance 35 fraud. If the department does not receive adequate funding from the 36 United States department of labor to cover these costs, the 37 department may use funding made available to the state through 38 section 903 (d), (f), and (g) of the social security act (Reed act) 39 p. 1121 ESSB 5187.SL