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Unemployment Insurance Online Project team with National Award (Washington, DC) - Recently the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) presented The California Employment Development Department's Unemployment Insurance Online Project team with the prestigious James F. Wal...

(Oklahoma City, OK) - Recently the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) presented Spencer Wong, Chief of the Labor Market Information Division (LMID) at the California Employment Development Department (EDD) with the prestigious Vladimir Chavrid Memorial Award at their ...

(Washington, DC) - Recently the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) presented Love's Travel Stops with the prestigious National Business of the Year award at their 80th Annual National Conference in Oklahoma City. The NASWA National Business of the Year award is confe...

NASWA Presents the Missouri Division of Workforce Development's Equal Opportunity Unit Department with National Award (Washington, DC) - Recently the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) presented the Missouri Division of Workforce Development's Equal Opportunity Unit D...

On Thursday, March 13, a group of 10 U.S. Senators led by Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dean Heller (R-NV) announced an agreement to reauthorize the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program for five months. The bill, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 (S. 2148), ...

On Thursday, November 21st, several states, led by the Chair and Vice Chair of NASWA’s Unemployment Insurance Committee, Bruce Madson (OH) and Jay Rowell (IL) respectively met with Congressional staff on the Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over the Unemployment Insuranc...

Brooke Lucas of Atlanta, chief of staff for the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL), has been named one of Georgia Trend magazine’s “Forty Under Forty.” Each year, the magazine recognizes outstanding Georgians under the age of 40 representing business, government, politics, nonprofits, scie...

WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has been awarded new funding from the Gates Foundation to support the “Integrating Real-Time Labor Market Information into Public Goods” initiative. This grant will continue to establish the National Labor Exchange (...

WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has released its annual legislative priorities for 2026 on behalf of the nation’s state workforce agencies. These initiatives advocate for enhanced flexibility, investment, and alignment of workforce development; inv...

WASHINGTON – The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) was named the recipient of the prestigious Data Insights and Innovations Award for its BLSloadR data package, given by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) at its 2026 Winter Policy...