NEWSLETTER | October 2019 | Volume 4 | Issue 9
Driving the national workforce agenda and providing value-added member services
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October 2-3
Chicago, IL
October 16-17
Washington, DC
October 17-18
Washington, DC
November 5-8
Washington, DC
November 13-14
Detroit, MI
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2019 WORKFORCE SUMMIT & UI DIRECTORS' CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
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Almost 600 people attended the
2019 NASWA Workforce Summit & UI Directors' Conference | 83rd Annual Meeting
in Boston, Massachusetts September 10-12. In addition to access to 27 workshops, attendees heard from a number of keynote speakers, including
Josh Davies,Chief Executive Officer, The Center for Work Ethic Development; Benjamin Pring, Co-founder, Cognizant Center for the Future of Work; David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the MIT Work of the Future Taskforce; and John Colbert, Co-Founder, Capitol Hill Partners.
Be on the lookout for the announcement of 2020's Workforce Summit location!
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
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1) Look for the Presentations Icon on the conference schedule
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2) Click the Presentation Icon* and scroll to the Presentation header to see available presentation files.
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*Note: Member login is required to view presentations.
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Fall Workforce Innovation Awards
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2019 STATE EXCELLENCE AWARD
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South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) was presented with the prestigious NASWA State Excellence award at the 2019 Workforce Summit & UI Directors' Conference for the Start Today SD Incentive.
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Congratulations South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation!
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2019 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
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Copper River Seafoods was presented with the prestigious National Business of the Year award at the 2019 Workforce Summit & UI Directors' Conference. Nominees for the award are businesses that consistently strive to positively impact their workforce, industry, and community, and also support the workforce development system.
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Congratulations Copper River Seafoods!
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What's Happening in the States
Content from the states, for the states
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STATE OF THE WORKFORCE REPORT
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NASWA unveiled the first-ever annual State of the Workforce Report, which includes national workforce data and a state profile of each of the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (
coming soon).
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADDRESSES
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS
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NASWA Executive Director, Scott B. Sanders addressed the Texas Association of Business in late September to talk all things Workforce Development with key themes touching on apprenticeships, credentials and the future of work.
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SEPTEMBER POLICY & STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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NASWA Board of Directors Meeting, September 10, 2019
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The Board of Directors and eight of NASWA's Policy and Steering Committees --
Communications,
Employment & Training,
Equal Opportunity,
Technology,
UI Integrity Center Steering,
UI SIDES Operations,
Unemployment Insurance, and
Workforce & Labor Market Information
-- met in Boston, Massachusetts the week of September 9, 2019. The Board and Committees welcomed more than 250 members from around the country to share best practices and discuss topics affecting workforce development, unemployment insurance, technology, and more.
Committee members may visit the links above to login and view available committee materials from the September meetings.
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UI INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CENTER
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2019 UI ITSC Annual Report
UI Information Technology Support Center (ITSC) released its annual report at the 2019 NASWA Workforce Summit. The UI ITSC fosters partnerships to advance modernization of unemployment insurance and workforce programs, facilitates the exchange of ideas and practices among states, and provides products, services and training that help states leverage technology to meet evolving needs. This report summarizes the activities and project highlights of UI ITSC in the last year. Some notable sections of
the report include:
- Modernization Update and Trends
- Product Portfolio
- Training Offerings
For more information on UI ITSC, please contact Ben Peirce, UI ITSC Director at
bpeirce@naswa.org.
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NASWA Affiliates enjoy exclusive benefits.
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UPDATES FROM JOHN COLBERT WITH
CAPITOL HILL PARTNERS
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FY 20 budget process
As you know, this past week the Senate version of the bill was blocked from coming to the floor, as Democrats were frustrated by being blocked from offering a policy rider related to family planning, as well as the bill’s low funding allocation (just 1% above current funding levels, instead of the 4.5% overall increase for domestic programming that was included in the budget agreement) – with $5 billion taken from Labor-HHS and transferred to the Homeland Security appropriations for additional border security funding.
To learn more about the chances for passage...
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Scalia Nomination
The Senate voted to confirm Eugene Scalia for labor secretary, delivering a new leader to an agency that’s rapidly finalizing the Trump administration’s regulatory agenda.
The 53-44 vote was divided along party lines, with ...
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LINKEDIN TRAINING FOR WORKFORCE PROFESSIONALS
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The training curriculum is designed for career counselors from workforce agencies to use to train jobseekers on how to best utilize the LinkedIn online platform.
This session shows counselors how they can work with their clients to optimize their profiles and LinkedIn usage to increase the likelihood they will show up in a recruiter's LinkedIn search.
This training focuses on the various network building functionalities within the platform, including groups, messages, and people search.
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NEW ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER FOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
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Julie Hatch Maxfield has been named the new Associate Commissioner for the BLS Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics. Julie began her career at BLS in 1999 and worked for many years on the Current Employment Statistics program. In 2015, she was named Assistant Commissioner in the Office of Current Employment Analysis.
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View the most recent job listings or email
webmaster@naswa.org to submit a workforce development-related job.
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Please send relevant content for the newsletter to the NASWA Director of External Affairs,
Michelle Marshel.
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