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The 8th installment of our Summer Sessions blogs. This entry from the Commonwealth of Virginia takes a look at some of the data sources states can use to explore trade impacts by industry and specific products using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule,...

Data, data, data! Reviewing labor market information (LMI) can be overwhelming, especially in terms of how to interpret the numbers and apply that knowledge to workforce programming and funding decisions. Fortunately, this daunting task becomes...

When thinking about a new career, what information do you look for? You probably want to know if jobs in that field are growing and whether the demand for those jobs is increasing or decreasing in the future.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employment is projected to increase by 11.5 million over the 2016-26 decade, an increase from 156.1 million to 167.6 million.

Implementation of the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) system, the Reemployment Services (RES) program and the Reemployment Services Assessment (REA) were prominent steps in building a nation-wide reemployment system that...

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) enhanced numerous features of the workforce system, including creating a greater emphasis on delivering successful job-driven training that results in credentials.  More targeted occupational...

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which was signed into law in 2014, envisions strong partnerships between local workforce development areas and local economic development agencies. Local workforce boards are encouraged to...

All workforce programs operate within the context of a regional labor market.  This is a truism.  But, it means that every workforce service planned should relate back in some way to how it makes a difference to an individual worker, to a...

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The Federal Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC) advises the Directors of the Economics and Statistics Administration's (ESAs) two statistical agencies, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the Census Bureau, and the Commissioner of the U.S....