List of states affected in food stamp card outage
Oct 13, 2013, 1:39 AM
(AP) – People in 17 states found themselves temporarily unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine test of backup systems by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure. Xerox spokeswoman Jennifer Wasmer listed the states affected in an emailed statement.
They are:
Alabama
California
Georgia
Iowa
Illinois
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Mississippi
New Jersey
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
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