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In This Issue: Senate Reaches Agreement to Bring Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act to Senate Floor for Votes Senators Reed (RI) and Heller (NV) Expected to Introduce EUC Reauthorization Next Week Notices, Advisories and Reports Senate Reaches Agreement to Bring Workforce Investment ...

Late Thursday, June 19, Senate leaders announced they had reached an agreement to bring the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to the Senate floor for a vote the week of June 23. WIOA represents a compromise between the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803), which passed the House of Represen...

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 ...

On Wednesday, May 21, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation reauthorizing and overhauling the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. According to the bill’s sponsors, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) would modernize and imp...

According to a 2019 survey conducted by Blue Star Families and FlexJobs, almost half of all military spouses have felt job search discrimination, and 91% said being a military spouse has had a negative impact on their career. Additionally, this group also has a 24% unemployment rate, and a...

Contact Information of Individual Submitting Nomination Nominator: Mandie Lett Email Address: Mandie.j.lett@wv.gov Agency Name: WorkForce West Virginia (WFWV) Empowered Employment West Virginia (WV) has multiple characteristics that impact the available labor pool for employers located in ...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: NASWA President Urges Senate to Minimize Changes to EUC Program If It Passes A Reauthorization In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), NASWA President Mark Henry (MS)...

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...

Linda Rouse, Iowa Workforce Development, Auta Main, Maine Department of Labor, Beverly VanTull, Virginia Department of Veteran Services, and Richard Wultrich, Illinois Department of Employment Security presentation from the Promising Practices workshop from th...