UI State Information Data Exchange (SIDES)

Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES), is a web based system that allows transmission of UI information requests from UI agencies to multi-state employers and/or Third Party Administrators (TPAs), as well as transmission of replies containing the requested information back to the UI agencies.

The current implementation of SIDES is for the exchange of separation information, however, future supported data formats, such as non-monetary determinations, benefit charges, and lower authority appeal decision information, will be handled similarly. (More Info)

This site contains completed documentation that other state UI agencies and employers/TPAs may review to gain a deeper understanding of UI SIDES. As the UI SIDES project moves forward and SIDES documentation is approved by the SIDES Consortium, it will be made available to the UI community through the ITSC website.

Completed products include the:

UI SIDES Concept of Operations

• UI SIDES Concept of Operations 

UI SIDES Broker – Web Services

• Requirements (Approved Baseline)
  • Finalization of System Requirements and Use Cases (v21) 
  • Use Case Context Diagram (v21) 
  • 1.0 Post Request File to the Broker (v21) 
  • 2.0 Post Response File to the Broker (v21) 
  • 3.0 Pull File from the Broker (v21) 
  • 4.0 Push File from Broker (v21) 
  • 6.0 Administer the Broker (v21) 
  • 7.0 View Reports (v21) 
  • Rules and Requirements (v21) 
  • Roles Matrix (v21) - MS Excel Document
  • Appendix E (v21) - XML Format Spreadsheet with Business Rules (11x17 paper)
  • Supplemental Specification (v21) 
  • Glossary (v21) 

• Design
  • Design Document Table of Contents and Revision History 
  • Introduction 
  • Functional Flows 
  • Web Site Flows 
  • Messaging Framework 
  • Security Framework 
  • Putting It All Together 
  • Web Services Design 
  • Data Model 
  • Standards, Best Practices and Patterns 
  • Tools 
  • Appendix