Heldrich Center Position Announcement:Director of Workforce Development and Disability Research 
This position is responsible for developing, managing, and growing the multimillion dollar disability and employment portfolio of the Heldrich Center, including managing large externally funded research and technical assistance projects. (07/30/2010) |
Heldrich Center Position Announcement:Senior Project Manager
This position is responsible for supervising a portfolio of large, complex, grant-funded research projects, and securing the necessary resources to undertake those projects. (07/30/2010) |
Employing Military Personnel and Recruiting Veterans Webinar: Veteran Hiring Resources
Click here to view the webinar presentation by Pamela Langley, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service. (07/29/2010) |
President Barack Obama Issues Executive Order — Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish the Federal Government as a model employer of individuals with disabilities, it is hereby ordered as follows. (07/29/2010) |
18 Days and Counting: 2010 National Equal Opportunity Training Symposium
Click here to register for the 2010 National Equal Opportunity Training Symposium. (07/27/2010) |
Job Dislocation Brochure For Unemployed Workers Distribution to States
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has developed unbiased financial advice for dislocated workers in a brochure in both English and Spanish that tells them how to protect themselves from investment fraud, avoid job scams and keep their finances on track during a period of unemployment. Through an affiliation and partnership with NASWA, FINRA is printing up 300,000 copies of this brochure and will ship between 2,000 to 8,000 copies of this brochure to every state free of charge. (07/27/2010) |
A National View of UI IT Systems
NASWA has released a report on the status and condition of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Information Technology (IT) systems across the nation. Forty states contributed to the report through a survey conducted by NASWA’s technology arm, the Information Technology Support Center (ITSC). (07/23/2010) |
President Signs UI Extension Legislation
Ending months of legislative and partisan wrangling, the House and Senate cleared an extension of unemployment benefits that was quickly signed into law by President Obama on Thursday. The measure, HR 4213 would extend federal unemployment benefits for workers through November 30. (07/23/2010) |
USDOL Seeks Public Input To Strengthen Disability Regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is seeking input from the public on ways to strengthen its regulations requiring federal contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities. In an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to be published in the Federal Register July 23, the agency invites the public to help revise the regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (07/23/2010) |
Workforce Bulletin (Text Only) - July 23, 2010
This edition of the Bulletin includes articles on the unemployment extension legislation signed into law by President Obama, a new study on the status and condition of UI systems in 40 states; and other stories. (07/23/2010) |
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