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This 2025 State of the Workforce Profile highlights state workforce agency innovations, Labor Market Information, including labor force data, education levels and key industries. It also highlights programs in the agency, WIOA administering agencies, number of American Job Centers in the s...

The Honorable Derrick Van Orden Chair Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Veterans Affairs Committee U.S. House of Representatives 1513 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515 The Honorable Mike Levin Ranking Member Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Veterans Affairs Committee U.S...

STATEMENT OF SCOTT B. SANDERS, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES (NASWA) BEFORE THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STRENGTHENING WIOA: I...

The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded the Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER), National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), to conduct a national scan to collect information on current research and evaluation capacity in state workforce agencies...

A new NASWA report detailing the achievements and challenges of some 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to implement the unemployment insurance provisions of the Recovery Act was released this week through NASWA's research arm, the Center for Employment Security Education ...

Iowa Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.2 PercentDES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in January from 4.3 percent in December. The state’s jobless rate was 4.4 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in January.“Iowa’s ec...

District of Columbia Awarded Major Unemployment Insurance Performance GrantFederal Funding Will Support DOES Efforts to Improve Integrity of Programs and Operations.Washington, DC – On Monday, September 15, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the District of Columbia will rec...

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...

HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor has been awarded more than $3.3 million in federal funding that will be used to help train and prepare unemployed workers for jobs in high-demand industries.The grant, in the amount of $3,392...

NASWA is pleased to present An Introduction to the National Labor Exchange for State Workforce Agencies to serve as a primer for all state workforce agency staff members.The National Labor Exchange (NLX) is a unique public-private partnership between NASWA and DirectEmployers Association, ...