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This letter from Assistant ED Secretary Uvin discusses the specific steps state education agencies can take now while the final WIOA regulations and ICRs are pending. The letter recaps remarks he gave at the Title II annual state directors meeting in Washington, DC.

NSC released a toolkit to help states develop or expand policies that support local sector partnerships. The toolkit is a companion piece to NSC's recent 50-state scan, which identifies 21 states with sector partnership policies in place.

The Workforce Information Council (WIC) Skills Initiative is a study group created to engage federal representatives, state labor market information (LMI) Directors, and other stakeholders from public policy and higher education in a dialogue around skills concepts and data. The WIC adopte...

The Board of Directors met at the Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile Hotel, 505 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday, June 4 and Friday morning June 5, 2015. Click the PDF document to view the meeting minutes.

This issue brief by Mathematica Policy Research provides guidance on what it will take to develop a first-class performance management system that allows states to collect and report accurate data. It provides recommendations to help federal, state, and local agencies ensure that their per...

Under WIOA, states are responsible for ensuring the quality and value of eligible training programs on the ETPL, as well as measuring performance information about each program. This CLASP memo makes the case that State plans should include robust quality standards for the range of program...

State agencies are embracing modern data analytics tools and processes in order to improve program integrity, operations, and efficiency. During the 2015 National UI Directors’ Conference in Albuquerque, NM, Mark Allensworth, Nebraska Department of Labor, shared what Nebraska has accomplis...

YouthBuild Facts and locally sponsored programs, by State, for 2015.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Reggie Newson announced today that Wisconsin's newly revamped employment site, JobCenterofWisconsin.com (JCW), surpassed 100,000 job openings for the first time since the original site was launched

For a number of years, NASWA has surveyed states to determine the amount of state funds used to supplement federal grants to operate a variety of federal programs. The NASWA State Supplemental Funding Survey (Survey) is the Association's longest running survey, with NASWA collecting supple...