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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...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: EUC Extension Proposed Through 2014 On Wednesday, November 20th, House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced identical legislation, (H.R. 3546 and S. 1747) to extend...

The National Governors Association (NGA) hosted the NGA Veterans’ Licensing and Certification Demonstration Policy Academy this week at the U.S. Department of Labor. Six states – Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin - were selected to participate in the Academy to assi...

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...

Minnesota Pinnacle Award for Business Development Nomination: CareerForce - Minnesota's Workforce System Rebranding Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: Laura Winge Email Address: laura.winge@state.mn.us Agency Name: MN Dept of Employment and Economic Developm...

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...

November 11 - 17, 2019 | #NAW2019 NASWA is connecting states and territories to learn and share promising apprenticeship strategies! The nation comes together for one week to focus on apprenticeship, but NASWA advocates this key state workforce development initiative year-round, and we're ...