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This report will provide an overview of the federal VR grant program and the associated state programs. The first section will provide an overview of how the program is funded and the respective roles of the federal government and the cooperating state agencies. The second section will out...

Total federal debt can increase in two ways. First, debt increases when the government sells debt to the public to finance budget deficits and acquire the financial resources needed to meet its obligations. This increases debt held by the public. Second, debt increases when the federal gov...

NASWA's Resolutions & Policy Notebook provides a complete listing of NASWA's policy positions as of September 1, 2013. Resolutions, Congressional testimony, letters to agencies and policy makers and other documents approved by the Board of Directors constitute NASWA policy. The noteboo...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Register Today for the 77th NASWA Annual Conference in Denver, CO Have you registered for the 77th NASWA Annual Conference yet? With less than a month to go, NASWA and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment encourage

Joanne F. Goldstein, Massachusetts Secretary of Labor & Workforce Development, was recently elected to serve as president of the National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO). NAGLO is a bi-partisan professional association representing Secretaries, Commissioners, and Dire...

The U.S. Department of Labor reported for the week ending August 10, 2013 seasonally adjusted unemployment insurance initial claims decreased from the previous week’s revised figure. Seasonally adjusted initial claims decreased by 15,000 to 320,000 from last week’s revised figure of 335,00...

Last month, NASWA staff members Pam Gerassimides and Charlie Terrell attended the National Industry Liaison Group (NILG) National Conference on behalf of State Workforce Agencies and the National Labor Exchange (NLX). The NILG is an association of federal contractors focused on the affirma...

Disagreements between the House and Senate on funding levels for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 has made it increasingly difficult for the Congress to reach agreement for the new fiscal year which begins on October 1 st When Congress returns to Washington after the August recess, there will be only...

The federal government’s budget deficit was slightly more than $600 billion in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2013, almost $370 billion less than the shortfall recorded for the same period last year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Revenues have risen by about 14 pe...

Several key provisions related to extended federal unemployment benefits are temporary and, therefore, scheduled to expire. The temporary 100% federal financing of the Extended Benefit (EB) program ends December 31, 2013. The temporary option for states to use three-year lookbacks as part ...