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Until its expiration at the end of December 2013, the temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program provided additional federal unemployment insurance benefits to eligible individuals who had exhausted all available benefits from their state Unemployment Compensation (UC) p...

This conciliation agreement is between the U.S. Department of Labor Civil Rights Center and the State of Missouri.

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...

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...

Inmates face an uphill battle upon release from prison, but state efforts to assist former prisoners into the workforce have evolved in recent years and the success stories are inspiring. The onus is moving from post-incarceration programs and services to pre-release programs. Allowing inm...

Making sure our American Job Centers (AJC) are accessed by all is not only required but is smart for economic development in tight labor markets. Hear the basics, including what Missouri is doing to make sure the AJC's can be accessed and how Pennsylvania started an AJC in a public library...

Many states have freed themselves from the challenges of outdated IT systems and processes. Some states are preparing their battle plans to declare their independence. Hear from the states preparing for their modernization projects and learn from the states that have won the Battle of Mode...

Join attorneys and other experts for a discussion about the legal aspects of information technology in unemployment insurance programs including states working together in consortia. Moderator: Doug Werth, Lead Deputy Attorney General, Idaho Department of Labor Panelists: Lou Ansaldi, Te...

Come prepared to share your own promising practices for UI Tax. Learn about revamping audit practices and combatting misclassification and questionable employer tax practices to achieve results. Moderator: Mike Miller, Unemployment Insurance Chief of Tax, Utah Department of Workforce Ser...

Microservices promote the sharing of independent components across systems. Idaho developed the ICON Relay as a microservice. This year, Mississippi will be the first state to set up the ICON Relay as a microservice between the two states with different UI systems. Once completed, the iUS ...