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The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Charle...

This 2019 State of the Workforce Report for District of Columbia highlights Labor Market Information including Labor Force Data, Education Levels and Key Industries. It also highlights Workforce Development Programs, American Job Centers, Individuals Served by District of Columbia's W...

The Honorable Chuck Grassley Chair, US Senate Committee on Finance 104 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Grassley: We are writing on behalf of the members of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) to endorse the BRIDGE for Workers Act, HR ...

SIDES Employer Response Study: Executive SummaryBACKGROUNDThe State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) went live, verifying information about unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims from employers and third-party administrators (TPA) through a nationally standardized computer-to-c...

BACKGROUNDThe State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) went live, verifying information about unemployment insurance (UI) benefit claims from employers and third-party administrators (TPA) through a nationally standardized computer-to-computer system in February 2010. The use of SIDE...

Over the last 20 years, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has surveyed state workforce agencies to determine the amount of state funds used to supplement federal grants to operate a variety of federal workforce and unemployment insurance programs. The NASWA State

A new NASWA report detailing the achievements and challenges of some 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to implement the unemployment insurance provisions of the Recovery Act was released this week through NASWA's research arm, the Center for Employment Security Education ...

Kentucky’s 2014 annual jobless rate plunges to 6.5 percentFRANKFORT, Ky. (March 9, 2015) — Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate plunged to 6.5 percent in 2014 from 8 percent in 2013, while nonfarm employment gained 29,000 jobs, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an ag...

Iowa Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2 PercentDES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in January from 4.3 percent in December. The state’s jobless rate was 4.4 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in January.“Iowa’s ec...

District of Columbia Awarded Major Unemployment Insurance Performance GrantFederal Funding Will Support DOES Efforts to Improve Integrity of Programs and Operations.Washington, DC – On Monday, September 15, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the District of Columbia will rec...