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This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Senate Expected to Pass EUC Extension Early Next Week On Thursday, March 27, the Senate voted 65 to 34 to begin debate on a bipartisan bill to retroactively extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program for five...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: NASWA President Urges Senate to Minimize Changes to EUC Program If It Passes A Reauthorization In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), NASWA President Mark Henry (MS)...

What have states, universities and other partners learned from projects that facilitate data sharing and develop state analytic and research capacity? What are the implications for federal and state practices and policies? A panel discussion.   Julia Lane, Director in the Colerid...

Several key provisions related to extended federal unemployment benefits are temporary and, therefore, scheduled to expire: Authorization for the temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program is scheduled to expire the week ending on or before January 1, 2014 (i.e., Decembe...

The temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program may provide additional federal unemployment insurance benefits to eligible individuals who have exhausted all available benefits from their state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Currently, EUC08 benefits are availab...

The U.S. Department of Treasury recently released its ninth newsletter on the Treasury Offset Program’s (TOP) Unemployment Insurance Program initiative. The initiative collects UI debt from federal income tax refunds due to fraud or a person’s failure to report wages while collecting unemp...

Several key provisions related to extended federal unemployment benefits are temporary and, therefore, scheduled to expire. The temporary 100% federal financing of the Extended Benefit (EB) program ends December 31, 2013. The temporary option for states to use three-year lookbacks as part ...

Federal employees who are not receiving pay during the shutdown may be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits through the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program (UCFE). This unemployment insurance benefit is administered by States as agents for the Federal government...

These best practices are collected from annual Workforce Innovation Award nominations. States submit programs, projects, or initiatives, which address a challenge they face, and result in significant performance or service improvements. 2020 Winter Workforce Innovation Award Nominations Me...

Overview NASWA’s partnership with Hilton™ strives to make the career transition easier for current and former military members by offering up to 100,000 hotel points to transitioning service members, veterans and other personnel who may be eligible. Allowable Activities: Travel for verifia...