Information Collection Request (ICR) Link Available for Priority of Service Proposed Rule
USDOL proposes new regulation implementing priority of service for veterans and eligible spouses, as provided by the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA). (08/20/08)
| Workforce Bulletin - August 8, 2008
This week’s Bulletin includes an updated agenda and workshop outline for NASWA’s Annual Convention, September 15-19 in Charleston, South Carolina. Other stories feature a congressional update, a NASWA meeting with USDOL on unemployment insurance, a new report detailing problems associated with the Foreign Labor Certification Program, E-Verify legislation. (08/08/08)
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Senators Announce Bill To Grow Local Industries
Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) announced legislation - developed by The Workforce Alliance (TWA) and other experts in the workforce field - which, if passed would represent the first Congressionally authorized investment in sector partnerships. (08/08/08)
| Unemployment Insurance: Assessment of the Impact of the 2002 Reed Act Distribution
The Center for Employment Security Education and Research (CESER), a component of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), with the assistance of Booz Allen Hamilton and Decern Consulting, conducted research of how states are using the $8 billion special Reed Act Distribution of 2002. USDOL has released the study. (08/05/08)
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Senate Appropriations Chairman Outlines Second Supplemental For September -- $500 Million Slated For Job Training
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) made the opening bid for a new supplemental spending measure that provides $24.1 billion in new spending for a host of domestic programs including job training. (08/01/08)
| Baucus Delays Trade Adjustment Assistance Bill
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) announced July 25 that a markup on legislation expanding and renewing the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program for workers displaced by international trade will not take place before the August recess because of the deadlock on the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement. (08/01/08)
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Senator Byrd, Senate Appropriations Chairman, Outlines Second Supplemental for September
The new supplemental includes $500 million for Job Training. (07/31/08)
| Fiscal Year 2009 Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies Bill and Report Now Available Online
The Fiscal Year 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies report is now available online. (07/11/08)
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House Appropriation Bills Restore Funding And Address Key Policy Issues
Funding for critical workforce programs slated for elimination or cuts under the U.S. Department of Labor's proposed FY 2009 budget have been restored by the House Appropriations Committee. Click here for the House Appropriations bill and their accompanying Committee Explanations. (07/11/08)
| Workforce Bulletin - July 11, 2008
This week’s Bulletin includes an analysis and comparison of the actions taken by the House and Senate Appropriations Committee on Labor-HHS-Education appropriations, a bill to fund critical workforce programs for Fiscal Year 2009. It is also time to register for the NASWA Annual Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Registration information and details on the conference are found in the Bulletin, (07/11/08)
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