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In This Issue: House, Senate Working to Complete FY 2015 Spending Plan to Avert Government Shutdown Elections: Governors, U.S. House and Senate Administration and Finance and Employment and Training Committees Hold Joint Meeting on WIOA Implementation with Key System Partners NASWA hosts E...

Michigan Workforce Development Agency’s Energy Cluster raising awareness of skilled trades and STEM opportunitiesToday’s skilled trades and science, engineering, math and technology (STEM) students in Michigan will be tomorrow’s leading energy providers, helping people and businesses power...

Michigan Workforce Development Agency attracts attention from SingaporeThe Michigan Workforce Development Agency (WDA) has developed a program to address employment needs that is drawing attention from the Singapore business community. The WDA recently hosted the Singapore Workforce Develo...

Michigan manufacturers benefit from statewide apprenticeship strategyBy Marcia Black-Watson, Industry Talent Director and Chris Knapp, Industry Talent DirectorAs employers in Michigan look continually to find talented employees with the latest jobs skills, many are finding immediate and va...

In This Issue: Senate Passes Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Senators Reed and Heller Reintroduce EUC Reauthorization Registration for the 78th NASWA Annual Conference Now Available! USDOL Awards $155 million in WIA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Funds to Implement Job Trainin...

In the United States, partnerships are a key governance tool to better connect state and local workforce development policies to the needs of the economy. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was designed improve coordination between and among agencies so that workers and jo...

Apprenticeships are often viewed as an effective training program to better link young people to good jobs. Given that young people are most vulnerable to changes in the future of work, it is important to consider how apprenticeships can be used to promote local economic development opport...

News Release No.: 2014-39 Date: April 30, 2014California Labor Commissioner Announces Statewide “Wage Theft is a Crime” Campaign Sacramento—California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su announces the start of a statewide, multilingual campaign about wage theft to educate workers and employers ...

In many states, Labor Market Information (LMI) shops are evolving into broader data shops that provide several tiers of service to multiple workforce units and state agencies. At this workshop a prominent state administrator and three LMI directors who are leaders in national LMI initiativ...

There are many innovations in how states are communicating labor market information data. This panel will showcase promising practices from states where the communications and labor market information teams are working together to dynamically communicate their data, including the use of dy...