IGO Collaborative Reemployment Workgroup Holds Conference Call
NASWA and several other intergovernmental organizations (IGO), as part of a grant to provide technical assistance to states on the Recovery Act, are working with USDOL to address three core areas: (1) Reemployment; (2) Obligations & Expenditures; and (3) Training. (11/10/09) |
Classified Ad: National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) seeks Executive Director
The Executive Director works with the NAWB Board of Directors in preparing, implementing, and assessing NAWB’s strategic. Closing date is Wednesday, March 4, 2009; 5:00 PM EST. (02/10/09) |
NASWA President Urges $1.4 Billion For Employment Services As Part Of Economic Stimulus Bill
In a letter addressed to the Congressional Leadership, NASWA President Tom Whitaker requested a total of $1.650 billion in fiscal year 2009 for Wagner-Peyser employment services. (12/15/08) |
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) |
Employment Taxes: White Paper Outlines Program To Support Unemployed Americans Through Flat Tax
Three economists outlined a policy proposal published July 30 that would institute a program to help unemployed workers, costing $22 billion annually and funded by a flat tax levied on all wages. The report, Succeeding in the Global Economy: An Adjustment Assistance Program for American Workers, was commissioned by the Financial Services Forum, a nonpartisan economic policy organization comprised of the chief executive officers of the country's largest financial services companies. (08/01/08) |
Workforce Bulletin - June 6, 2008
This week's Bulletin includes the Congressional update on Unemployment Insurance extension and funding for UI administrative costs, the May unemployment rate increase, a preliminary injunction to block E-Verify, and efforts to restore the $250 million WIA rescission and other issues affecting the workforce. (06/07/08) |
What's New at Job Corps?
The US DOL Advisory Committee on Job Corps releases their report. (06/02/08) |
GAO Report: Employment Verification: Challenges Exist in Implementing a Mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System
The GAO report found a mandatory E-Verify program would necessitate an increased capacity at both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and SSA to accommodate the estimated 7.4 million employers in the United States. According to USCIS, as of April 2008, more than 61,000 employers have registered for E-Verify, and about half are active users. (05/08/08) |
New Survey to Assess States as Employers-of-Choice; Project Seeks State Agencies to Participate
The Twiga Foundation, Inc. located in Boise, Idaho and the State Perspectives Institute at Boston College are seeking states to participate in a survey for a new project to assess states' readiness to be employers-of-choice. All responses will be kept confidential and there will be no cost to participating state agencies. (04/15/08) |
Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities: Department to Make Job Candidate Database Available to Employers
The Department of Labor will make available to employers nationwide a free database of 1,769 new job candidates with disabilities seeking work in a wide variety of fields. (03/20/08) |
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