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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...

Indiana actions for implementing WIOA have included: Conducted a series of WIOA Town Halls in each region to give partners an opportunity to outline their questions and concerns about the new act that DWD can take under advisement as we create policy. In addition to regional Town Halls, an...

Department of Labor and Regulation Releases Mobile-friendly Job Search Site PIERRE, S.D. -- The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation has rolled out a mobile-friendly version of SDWORKS, the state's largest jobs database. The new site provides faster download speeds, portability ...

South Carolina’s Employment Situation- January 2015Employment Sets New Record - Continues Upward MomentumIn January, South Carolina broke yet another record for the number of people working as the total grew to 2,080,031, an increase of approximately 10,841 compared to December’s revised e...

Monthly State Unemployment Rate Below 3 PercentLINCOLN- The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced today that Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for January 2015 is 2.9 percent, seasonally adjusted. The jobless rate is down 0.2 percentage points from the December rate of 3.1 p...

This NASWA staff document provides all WIOA references to "Technology," "Information Systems," and "Data Systems" in Title I of WIOA.

The attached memo was prepared by the Michigan Workforce Development Agency. It outlines key WIOA transition and implementation steps local partners can accomplish now on WIOA implementation.

Employment News ReleaseMarch 17, 2015New Mexico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.9 percent in January 2015, down from 6.0 percent in December and down from 6.7 percent a year ago. The national unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, up from December’s rate of 5.6 percent but down f...