At its October 8, 2013 meeting in Rapid City, South Dakota, the Unemployment Insurance Committee formed a workgroup to address states’ concerns with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Unemployment Insurance, Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Investigative and Coding Guidance, UIPL 28...

House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) issued a press release on Wednesday, October 30th, urging Congress to allow the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program to expire when current funding for the program expires at the end of December. In the statement...

On Thursday, November 21st, several states, led by the Chair and Vice Chair of NASWA’s Unemployment Insurance Committee Bruce Madson (OH) and Jay Rowell (IL), respectively, met with Congressional staff on the Senate Committee on Finance, which has jurisdiction over the Unemployment Insuran...

Employment & Training Committee Meeting March 04, 2019 Agenda

On Thursday, January 9th, over 60 members from NASWA’s Administration and Finance, and Unemployment Insurance (UI) Committees representing 33 states and the District of Columbia traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with members of the House Majority on the House Committee on Ways and Means, Su...

NASWA’s Deputy Executive Director Bob Simoneau was reappointed to the Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach (ACVETEO), representing state workforce agencies work with veterans through January 31, 2016. The ACVETEO meets once a qua...

Employment in Oregon February 2015 News Release 03/17/2015 Oregon’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.8 Percent in February Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.8 percent in February from 6.3 percent in January. This was the second consecutive large drop in the rate, putting February’s rate ...