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The adequacy of the U.S. science and engineering workforce has been an ongoing concern of Congress for more than 60 years. Scientists and engineers are widely believed to be essential to U.S. technological leadership, innovation, manufacturing, and services, and thus vital to U.S. economic...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Congress Passes Debt Limit Extension On Wednesday, February 11, the Senate passed the Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act (S. 540), suspending the debt limit until March 15, 2015, without additional policy provisions. S.540 pas...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Congress Passes Debt Limit Extension On Wednesday, February 11, the Senate passed the Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act (S. 540), suspending the debt limit until March 15, 2015, without additional policy provisions. S.540 pas...

Several NASWA Committees held their first or second committee meetings of the 2014 Association Year in December and January, continuing the ongoing work from the previous year, while also discussing strategies to further their mission and goals in the coming year. The seven standing NASWA ...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Stalls in the U.S. Senate Legislation to extend the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program failed to gain the 60 votes necessary for the measure to move forward ...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Stalls in the U.S. Senate Legislation to extend the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program failed to gain the 60 votes necessary for the measure to move forward ...

This report analyzes several types of recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Three categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) changes in the duration of state UC unemployment benefits; (2) changes in the UC weekly benefit amount related to the now-expir...

The Unemployment Compensation (UC) program contains several provisions relevant to current and former military service personnel and their families. The UC program does not provide benefits for military servicemembers on active duty. However, former active duty military personnel (and cert...

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In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), NASWA President Mark Henry (MS) urged the Senate not to make significant changes to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program (EUC08) if it passes a reauthorization because states woul...