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NASWA/ITSC recently assisted the USDOL in documenting "promising" state and local reemployment practices. The practices were identified by USDOL as part of its efforts to promote better connections between UI claimants and workforce services, as a follow-up to the development of a "nationa...

NASWA UI Committee January 9-10, 2014, pre-meeting materials for the meeting in Washington, DC.

Through an agreement recently signed with The Liaison Capitol Hill, NASWA is pleased to announce it is able to make hotel rooms at the prevailing government per diem room rate available to state workforce agency administrators and their staff planning on visiting the Washington, D.C. Capit...

District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) Director Lisa Mallory announced last week that she will be leaving her post in early January. She will become the new chief executive of the D.C. Building Industry Association, a real-estate development trade group in Washington...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: House and Senate Pass Two-Year Budget Agreement, Sequestration Relief Provided House and Senate budget negotiators reached a two-year budget agreement on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, to set overall discretionary spending levels...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Budget Deal Not Yet Done, But House Majority Leaders Indicate They Are Prepared to Consider Measure Next Week House Majority leaders remain prepared to pass a budget conference compromise next week and are preparing for a Dece...

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...

This policy report explores the phenomenon dubbed "the skills gap," which is the assertion by many businesses and some researchers that businesses are having trouble finding skilled labor. Other explanations are explored, included an employer wage and training gap, and a jobs gap. This is ...

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...