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In This Issue: Senate Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Measure Passes Subcommittee, Full Committee Markup Postponed NASWA Sends Letter in Support of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Registration for the 78th NASWA Annual Conference Now Available! Make your Nominations for 2014 ...

The Administration and Finance Committee will meet in Asheville, North Carolina, Thursday, November 21st at 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Friday, November 22nd, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 pm. There is a $150 fee to attend this meeting.

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including:House and Senate Announce Agreement on WIA ReauthorizationOn Wednesday, May 21, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation reauthorizing and overhauling the Workforce Investment A...

This breakout will delve into how state workforce agencies are implementing crisis communications during disaster recovery efforts, including highlights of what worked well and learning lessons on what did not. This session is the kick-off to a series of NASWA webinars that will be held fo...

Rural workforce development is a critical area of focus in many states, even in states with smaller rural communities. Join this workshop to gain an understanding of both the challenges and opportunities! Learn what distinguishes the economic and labor market issues in rural regions; what ...

Earlier this week, on March 18-20, states from NASWA’s Administration & Finance (A&F) and Unemployment Insurance (UI) Committees met with staff from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) concerning...

Click the PDF document to view the minutes from the June 27-28, 2013 NASWA Employment & Training Committee meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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...

This report analyzes several types of recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Three categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) changes in the duration of state UC unemployment benefits; (2) changes in the UC weekly benefit amount; and (3) the enactment i...

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...