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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...

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...

Oklahoma Pinnacle Award for Business Development Nomination: OESC & Webstaurant Talent Engagement Project Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: Cody Cox Email Address : cody.cox@oesc.state.ok.us Agency Name : Oklahoma Employment Security Commission OESC &am...

Every year, NASWA's President, Board of Directors and certain Committees present awards recognizing state and individuals for their excellent contributions to the public workforce system. This year's award winners were announced at the 77th NASWA Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.NASWA...

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 ...

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...

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...

Several NASWA Committees held their first or second committee meetings of the 2014 Association Year in December and January, continuing the ongoing work from the previous year, while also discussing strategies to further their mission and goals in the coming year. The seven standing NASWA ...