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Issue: 2004-09
DescriptionThis report provides a brief history of the Employment Services.   It discusses how PLXs funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act have been transformed by state and Federal efforts to meld PLXs into One-Stop Career Centers as well as provides an analysis of how the provision of key labor exchange services have changed during such transformation.   This report describes the benefit-cost analysis of the …
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Issue: 2004-06
DescriptionThis report documents observations and findings from the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), including efforts to better engage employers in all aspects of workforce development. It outlines several local areas' efforts to more effectively meet the employment-related needs of both job seekers and businesses by making the business community the One-Stop system's …
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Issue: 2004-05
DescriptionThis paper presents observations and findings from the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). It describes the workforce investment system's progress and challenges in streamlining services through increased integration, universal access, individual empowerment via personal choice, state and local flexibility, performance accountability, engagement of the private …
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Issue: 2004-04
DescriptionOn January 7, 2003, President Bush unveiled his economic stimulus plan, which included the proposed establishment of Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs). The goal of PRAs is to provide unemployed workers who are likely to exhaust their unemployment insurance (UI) benefits with additional assistance and incentives to help them get back to work sooner. This study addresses important questions and …
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Issue: 2004-03
DescriptionThis second volume of a two-volume set of state case studies is the result of eighteen months of work by the project¿s researchers to understand how states and localities interpreted and operationalized the provisions of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The project took a close look at the orientation, governance, structure, and services of the workforce investment systems in eight …
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Issue: 2004-02
DescriptionThis first volume of a two-volume set of state case studies is the result of eighteen months of work by the project's researchers to understand how states and localities interpreted and operationalized the provisions of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The project took a close look at the orientation, governance, structure, and services of the workforce investment systems in eight …
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Issue: 2004-01
DescriptionOver the past five years, 33 State Workforce Agencies have implemented systems which allow unemployed workers to file their initial unemployment insurance claim over the internet. In addition to providing unemployed workers with extended hours of access, these systems have reduced administrative costs and provided a more convenient service method for unemployed workers to file an unemployment …
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Issue: 2003-08
DescriptionThe Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 was the first major overhaul of the nation's workforce development system in more than 15 years. Among other things, the legislation expanded opportunity for public and private entities to deliver employment and training services through the public workforce investment system. This study explores local workforce investment system variation and how local …
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Issue: 2003-07
DescriptionA major provision of the Competitive and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 was funding for demonstration programs and projects that provide technical skills training for U.S. workers in an attempt to increase the pool of Americans with the skills necessary to fill high-tech jobs. This report provides an assessment of six of the 43 projects funded in the first three rounds of competition awarded …
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Issue: 2003-12
DescriptionThis report examines the formulas that states use to allocate funds to local workforce investment areas under the Workforce Investment Act Title I adult, dislocated worker, and youth programs.   The report presents current allocation formulas and identifies several key concerns with the formulas.   It also describes the results of simulations conducted to examine both how allocations are …