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In an effort to build best practices for all states, including those who have or will recently join SIDES (Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, and Virginia), the National SIDES Team has collected data pertaining to states’ practices in operating and marketing SIDES Web Servi...

Members-Only COVID-19 Resources NASWA Members (state workforce agency personnel) have additional resources available for internal use only. This requires your NASWA Member login to access. Don’t have a Member Login? Create one now. State Information This page was last updated on [node:chan...

In This Issue: Senate Panel Restores Governors Set-Aside to 15 Percent; House Panel Increases it to 11 Percent House/Senate Appropriations Committees Approves Funding Bills with Reductions to USDOL NASWA and NGA Jointly Submit Comments on WIOA Proposed Regulations House-Senate Overcome Dif...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored, in collaboration with the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence (Integrity Center), the 2015 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Technology Symposium on September 1-2, 2015 in Washingto...

In This Issue: June 15th Deadline Quickly Approaching to Comment on WIOA NPRMs USDOL Seeks Comments on Changes to RJM New NVTI Executive Director Appointed 2015 FINRA Job Dislocation Brochures available for NASWA members Florida Joins 44 Other States Now Live with SIDES Announcements, Noti...

March Unemployment at Seven-Year Low as More Idahoans Seek WorkIdaho’s economic recovery continued apace in March with unemployment remaining at a seven-year low and businesses expanding payrolls to keep total employment at a record high. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped a...

Disadvantaged youths benefit from state partnership OLYMPIA -Thousands of disadvantaged youths are finishing high school, earning their GEDs and honing their job-search skills due to a united effort by state and community partners.The state departments of Employment Security and Social &am...

Tenacity, determination, grit and an innate ability to lead has defined Shannon Huffman Polson, who has accomplished many “firsts” in her career as an Army officer, corporate manager and author. Another first will be her keynote address at the Seventh Annual NASWA Veterans Conference in Au...

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...

Alabama’s January Unemployment Rate is 6.0% Largest Number of Jobs Supported in January Since 2008 MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted January unemployment rate is 6.0%, down from December 2014’s revised rate of 6.1%, an...