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NASWA'S 2003 WINTER POLICY FORUM

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[Forum Agenda]

Thursday, February 27, 2003

PERSONAL RE-EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS: QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND REACTIONS
Moderator:

Melanie Arthur, Greg Newton Associates

Grace Kilbane, Administrator, Workforce Investment System, U.S. DOL-ETA
[Presentation]

Dr. Chris O'Leary, Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute
[Presentation]

Wendell Primus, Minority Staff Director, Joint Economic Committee
[Handouts] [Paper] [Presentation]

REED ACT SUCCESS STORIES: HOW TO MAKE THE CASE TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE
Moderator:

Jon Brock, Executive Director, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

Dawn Watson, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Labor
[Presentation]

Melissa DeLisio, Assistant Director, Workforce Development, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
[Presentation]

Dolores Esser, Commissioner, Virginia Employment Commission
[Presentations]

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: HONORABLE ELAINE L. CHAO, SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION: HOUSE AND SENATE PERSPECTIVES
Moderator:

Fernando "Butch" Lecuona, III, Commissioner Nebraska Department of Labor

Mr. Sigurd R. Nilsen, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, General Accounting Office
[Presentation] [Handout]

Stephanie Milburn, Professional Staff Member, Majority Staff House Education and the Workforce Committee

Michele Varnhagen, Labor Counsel/Coordinator House Education and the Workforce Committee

Ilyse Schuman, Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Employment Safety and Training

Jane Oates, Senior Education Advisor, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

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