New Jersey is currently looking for technology professionals and firms skilled in COBOL to help maintain and update legacy computer systems to improve the state’s response to the coronavirus crisis. COBOL – an acronym for common business-oriented language – is a computer programming language designed for business use.

“Not only do we need healthcare workers, but given the legacy systems, we should add a page for COBOL computer skills because that’s what we’re dealing with in these legacies,”…