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The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) together with its subsidiary, Information Technology Support Center (ITSC) is releasing this RFP for specific Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) services on behalf of Mississippi, Rhode Island, Maine (MRM) Unemplo...

January 2015 Colorado Employment SituationEmployers in Colorado added 3,700 nonfarm payroll jobs from December to January for a total of 2,496,500 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 6,400 and government decreased 2,700.According ...

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Quick Start Action Planners (QSAPs) are web-based self-assessment tools designed to help state and local leaders identify areas of strength and challenges as they prepare their workforce systems for the implementation of WIOA. ETA is soon rel...

Kentucky’s jobless rate drops to 5.2 percent in February 2015, continues below national rate for seventh month in a rowFRANKFORT, Ky. (March 19, 2015) — Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary February 2015 unemployment rate plunged to 5.2 percent, the lowest rate since November 2004, a...

Alaska Economic Trends MagazineMarch 2015 Issue Foreign-Born Alaskans,page 4 The Long-Term Unemployed, page 12 Per Capita Income Tops $50,000, page 16Alaska Economic Trends is a free monthly publication dealing with a wide variety of economic issues in the state. If you would like to subsc...

Tennessee's Unemployment Rate for February Decreased To 6.6%NASHVILLE – Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced today the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for February was 6.6 percent, one-tenths of one percentage point lower than the Januar...

Employment and Wages Third Quarter 2014 AvailableBATON ROUGE — Data on Louisiana’s employment and wages for the third quarter 2014 are now available on the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Web site, www.laworks.net.These data cover employment and total wages by North American Industry Clas...

State Gains 11,800 Jobs in FebruaryJobless rate steady at 3.7 percentST. PAUL – Minnesota employers added 11,800 jobs in February, according to seasonally adjusted figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The agency also announced re...

As part of a USDOL grant, NASWA, along with the other Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO's), were asked to host a webinar on implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). It will be held on Monday, March 23, 2015 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time. To ...

Legislation To Be Introduced Transferring Division of Vocational Rehabilitation To State Labor DepartmentMove would align reemployment services to special populations.(DENVER) -- Ellen Golombek, Executive Director of the Department of Labor and Employment, and Reggie Bicha, Executive Direc...