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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...

Kentucky's Data Insights and Innovations Award Nomination: The Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS) – Kentucky Future Skills Report Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: John : Pallasch Email Address: john.pallasch@ky.gov Agency Name: Kentucky Office of Emp...

Illinois' Data Insights and Innovations Award Nomination: Evidence Based Framework for Next Generation Decision Makers Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: George Putnam Email Address: george.putnam@illinois.gov Agency Name: Illinois Department of Employment S...

On the first day of the NASWA Annual Conference, a panel discussion was held on the future of the workforce system, where panelists representing the perspective of workers, employers and state workforce agencies shared their thoughts on the greatest challenges facing the workforce and unem...

NASWA last month hosted its 77th Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, providing a forum for workforce professionals from across the country to discuss the future of the workforce system given the recent federal budget constraints of the past three years. Plenary Panel: The Future of the ...

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...

BYLAWS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES (Formed under the Virginia Non-stock Corporation Act) Updated September 22, 2021 ARTICLE ONE Mission To enhance the state workforce agencies’ ability to accomplish their goals, statutory roles and responsibilities. Vision To be...