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This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Government Funding on Hold in the House as the New Fiscal Year Approaches On September 11th, the House Committee on Appropriations unveiled a draft Continuing Resolution (CR) H.J. Res. 59 for fiscal year (FY) 2014 that would k...

This PDF is a list of important documents, with hyperlinks, for the Equal Opportunity Committee.

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Government Funding on Hold in the House as the New Fiscal Year Approaches On September 11th, the House Committee on Appropriations unveiled a draft Continuing Resolution (CR) H.J. Res. 59 for fiscal year (FY) 2014 that would k...

State Labor Commissioner Sharon M. Palmer today invited employers interested in learning more about the variety of job program hiring incentives, tax credits and low interest financing opportunities available to Connecticut businesses to attend one of three regional morning conferences tak...

This letter is from Roger Ocampo, Chief, Office of Compliance and Policy, Civil Rights Center, USDOL, to Arizona Governor Janice Brewer on September 6, 2013, in reference to Arizona's compliance review.

Vice President Joe Biden administered the oath of office to Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez during a formal ceremony on September 4 at the U.S. Department of Labor. Secretary Perez was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 18 and is the 26th Secretary of Labor. NASWA is delighted Secreta...

Federal contractors and subcontractors for the first time must adopt quantifiable hiring goals for individuals with disabilities and hiring benchmarks for military veterans, according to final rules announced August 27 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance...

For decades, federal policymakers and state administrators of governmental assistance programs, such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants (formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly F...

President Obama’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, chaired by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, today released a rebuilding strategy to serve as a model for communities across the nation facing greater risks from extreme weather and to continue helping the ...

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...