Workforce Bulletin - September 11, 2009
This issue of the Bulletin contains the BLS Jobs Report for August, Update on new states joining the SIDES consortium, Senator Harkin (D-IA) assuming the HELP Chairmanship; Appropriations chart with links to the Labor-HHS-Education bill and report and passage in the House and Senate, BLS report on JOLTS data and Education data, New regulation on the H-2A program and changes at NASWA. (09/11/09) |
Workforce Bulletin - August 28, 2009
In this weeks Bulletin, articles include: NASWA Executive Committee members meeting with the ETA Assistant Secretary; Updated economic forecasts by the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office, appropriations update, July unemployment rates in the states, recent USDOL guidance and reports, UI updates on claims and increasing numbers moving to EUC08, TAA update, Mass Layoff events summary and information on Data Quality initiatives of interest to LMI directors. (08/28/09) |
NASWA Requests $3.4 Billion For Workforce Programs
This past week, NASWA submitted its annual appropriations testimony to Congress and the Obama Administration requesting an additional $3.4 billion in funding for the workforce system. The additional funding is needed to accommodate higher levels of unemployed workers and record numbers of workers being served by workforce programs. (08/10/09) |
Workforce Bulletin - July 31, 2009
This week’s Bulletin includes stories on legislation to shore-up the Federal UI Trust Fund; Updates on States’ borrowing; Legislation to extend unemployment compensation program through 2010; Senate action on the USDOL Appropriations bill, ETA’s weekly claims report; and the Mass Layoff update. (07/31/09) |
Workforce Bulletin - July 24, 2009
This week’s Bulletin includes NASWA’s near-final appropriations request for Fiscal Year 2010, House passage of Labor-HHS- Education Appropriations Bills, State Unemployment Rates, NASWA’s redesigned Recovery Site, Update on States listing Recovery Act jobs, and the latest and graphs on initial and continued UI claims. (07/24/09) |
Workforce Bulletin - July 17, 2009
This week’s Bulletin includes stories on the House Appropriation’s mark-up for USDOL funding, the decline in both initial and continued UI claims, new guidance from USDOL on funding for consortia and automated integrity related systems, update on the increase in the minimum wage, and President Obama’s community college initiative. (07/17/09) |
Workforce Program Information: Background, Budget, And Performance Measures
If you need information on workforce programs including their purpose, budget and performance, NASWA has broken-out all major workforce programs into separate documents. (06/23/09) |
FY 2010 Budget Justification Available
The Fiscal Year 2010 Congressional Budget Justification is a three volume set containing detailed information on each USDOL program, strategic goals, detailed appropriations history, authorizing statutes, program-by-program performance goals and indicators and other useful information. (06/01/09) |
USDOL Secretary Testifies Before House And Senate On FY 2010 Budget
U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis testified before both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to discuss the Department's FY 2010 budget. (05/19/09) |
USDOL Releases TEGL 13-08
TEGL 13-08 provides states and outlying areas with stimulus allotments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to supplement Program Year (PY) 2008 allotments for WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Programs, and Employment Service (ES) activities, as required by the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and to provide RES Allotments. (03/06/09) |
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