Disaster Recovery Site for Hurricanes
ETA has announced that the Disaster Recovery Services web page on CareerOneStop.org has been expanded to include information of importance to individuals, communities and businesses impacted during the 2008 hurricane season. (09/04/08) |
USDOL-ETA Releases TEN 8-08
The purpose of the notice is to announce the availability of a Guide and four "How-To" Manuals entitled as a set Taking Care of Business, on creating and sustaining employer-based workforce development intermediaries and developing successful strategies that support transformation of the workforce system. (09/04/08) |
ETA Announces Plans for Consultation with the Workforce System on WIA/Wagner-Peyser Act State Planning Guidances for PY 2010-2015 Five- Year Planning Cycle
ETA has provided information to the workforce community regarding planned consultations for the development of Workforce Investment Act/Wagner-Peyser Act State Planning Guidances for the Program Year 2010-2015 Five-Year Planning Cycle. (08/28/08) |
HHS/ACF Invites Public Comment on State Plan for TANF
HHS/ACF has published an invitation for public comment on the State Plan for the Temporary Assistance to Need Families. (08/21/08) |
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) |
USDOL Launches America's Heroes at Work
On August 20, at a press conference at the National Press Club, the U.S. Department of Labor formally launched America's Heroes at Work - a public education campaign focusing on the employment challenges of transitioning service members living with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. (08/20/08) |
JobCentral Profiled
A recent article in Investor’s Business Daily profiled the National Labor Exchange. DirectEmployers formed an alliance with NASWA in 2007 and 47 states have signed participation agreements with DirectEmployers, the most recent being Wyoming. (08/15/08) |
Long-Serving Nebraska Labor Commissioner And Past NASWA President Stepping Down
A good friend of NASWA and one of the longest-serving Labor Commissioner's, Fernando "Butch" Lecuona III, is stepping down from his post as Nebraska Commissioner of Labor on September 12, 2008. (08/15/08) |
NASWA Receives Response From IRS On WOTC Issue
In a letter dated August 8, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) responded to a request by NASWA for the IRS to consider providing a global settlement with employers regarding inconsistencies with the administration of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit programs. (08/15/08) |
VETS Releases Proposed Rule On Priority Service
The Veterans' Employment and Training Service of the U.S. Department of Labor released today it's proposed rule to implement priority of service in qualified job training programs prescribed in section 2(a)(1) of the Jobs for Veterans Act. (08/15/08) |
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