NASWA has written to Secretary Perez outlining the states' implementation concerns on WIOA, as well as performance accountability provisions and state specific issues. Download the PDF document for the letter.To access the Performance Accountability Recommendations, please click here.To ac...
In This Issue: Highlights of the Administration's 2016 Proposed Budget Affecting USDOL Administration's FY2016 Budget Proposes Overhaul of Unemployment Insurance System U.S. Economy Added 257,000 Jobs in January; Unemployment Rate at 5.7% Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims and Continued...
On February 2, 2015, President Obama submitted his Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Budget to Congress. It would provide $13.2 billion in discretionary funding for the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), an increase of $1.3 billion compared to the enacted level of $11.9 billion in FY 2015.Click the PDF...
Iowa Workforce Development Receives $1.04 million Unemployment Insurance GrantEnhances Voluntary Shared Work ProgramDES MOINES - The U.S. Department of Labor awarded Iowa Workforce Development over $1.04 million dollars to enhance the Voluntary Shared Work program for Iowa employers and af...
DWD Releases New List of Top 50 Jobs in IndianaHoosier Hot 50 Provides Information about Top High-Wage/High-Demand Jobs through 2022INDIANAPOLIS (February 2, 2015) – The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today unveiled an updated tool for Hoosiers seeking guidance about the...
Reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (TAA) may be a possibility this year as Senior Republicans, on the House Committee on Ways and Means, including its Chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), said this week they expect hearings on how to address the President’s request for ...