Transcript Workforce Information Council

Workforce Information Council (WIC)
and Policy Council Updates
Making Connections!
ALMIS Database Seminar
Presented by: Rebecca Rust
Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation
Labor Market Statistics
August 15, 2005
Workforce Information Council
Quality information …
Informed choices
What the Council does
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Prepares the Secretary of Labor’s workforce
information system plan
Provides cooperative management of the
workforce information system
Promotes the workforce information system
Listens to customers about their workforce
information uses and needs
Works through Policy Councils and work
groups
Who is on the Council?
A Federal-State Partnership
BLS
 ETA
 State Representatives
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10 state members
 Elected by peers in each region
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Who is on the Council?
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State Representatives
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Region 1: Roger Therrien, Connecticut
Region 2: David Trzaskos, New York
Region 3: Patrick Arnold, Maryland
Region 4: Rebecca Rust, Florida
Region 5: Sandy Breitborde, Wisconsin
Region 6: Al Crumby, Arkansas
Region 7: Jeffrey A. Nall, Iowa
Region 8: Ron Ahlstrom, Utah
Region 9: Bob Murdock, Nevada
Region 10: Graham Slater, Oregon
Who is on the Council?
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BLS members
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Office of Employment and Unemployment
Statistics
John (Jack) Galvin
 Patricia Getz
 Thomas Nardone
 George Werking
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Office of Field Operations
John Filemyr
 Janet Rankin
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Who is on the Council?
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ETA
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Office of Workforce Investment
Gay Gilbert
 Anthony Dais
 Olaf Bjorklund
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Office of Regional Operations
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Joseph Stolz
Policy Councils and Work Groups
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Policy Councils for BLS Programs
Current Employment Statistics
 Local Area Unemployment Statistics and
Mass Layoff Statistics
 Occupational Employment Statistics
 Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages
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Policy Councils and Work Groups
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Current work groups
CIPSEA Team (joint group with NASWA LMI
Committee): working on resolving issues
related to implementation of federal
legislation on confidentiality and data
sharing.
 Job Vacancy Statistics Users’ Group:
chartered to further the development and
use of the job vacancy statistics system
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Policy Councils and Work Groups
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Current work groups
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Benefits Survey Users’ Group: chartered to
further the development and use of the job
vacancy statistics system
Previous work groups
Plant closings and mass layoffs
 Customer satisfaction
 Local data needs
 Funding allocations
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More about Policy Councils
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Charter issued by the WIC
Comprised of State and federal members
State Representatives appoint State members
for each region from nominations by LMI
directors
BLS members selected by BLS
State and federal co-chairs
Meeting notes and annual report on WIC web
site
CES Policy Council
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Co-chairs
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Major accomplishments
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Graham Slater, Oregon
Patricia Getz, BLS
2-year and 10-year plan
MSA redefinition
CES training improvements
Error tracking research
Centralized registry
Issues for FY 2005
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All employee hours and earnings project
Research on seasonality, modeling, and MSA sample weights
ACES improvements
LAUS/MLS Policy Council
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Co-chairs
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Major accomplishments
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Phil George, South Dakota
Sharon Brown, BLS
LAUS redesign implementation, including model review and
user Q&A
MLS workload reduction resulting from funding cuts
Examined MLS topics: offshoring, staff training, response
analysis
LAUS and MLS national conferences
Issues for FY 2005
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Small area LAUS estimates improvements
LAUS and MLS staff training
Many technical topics
OES Policy Council
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Co-chairs
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Major accomplishments
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Tom Gallagher, Wyoming
George Stamas, BLS
Semi-annual estimates
Conversion to NAICS completed
Survey operations improvements: centralized mailing, system
updates
Support movement of EDS to Projections Managing
Partnership
Issues for FY 2005
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Method for problem identification and resolution
SOC review
Showcase innovative uses of OES data
QCEW Policy Council
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Co-chairs
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Major accomplishments
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Rena Kottcamp, Massachusetts
Rick Clayton, BLS
Accelerated release of QCEW data
Business Employment Dynamics
New disclosure policy
Geocoding
Predecessor/Successor and Annual Refiling Survey
improvements
Issues for FY 2005
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New products from the QCEW data
Data sharing with Census Bureau
NAICS 2007
Recent WIC Accomplishments
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Workforce Information System plan
Submitted the plan for Department of Labor
clearance.
 Monitored and provided guidance on plan
implementation activities.
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Recent WIC Accomplishments
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Demand for Workforce Information.
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Gathered and summarized information on
the level of demand for state LMI products
and services during 2004.
Demand for LMI – Did you know…
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LMI web sites had over 34 million visitor
sessions in 2004!
 More than 17 million copies of LMI
publications were distributed to customers!
 Thousands of customers participated in labor
market information training!
 Many thousands more were served through
other State LMI activities!
Recent WIC Accomplishments
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Outreach to key customer groups:
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Publicized state LMI activities to thousands
of workforce board members, businesses,
and workforce development professionals
Workforce Innovations 2004 and 2005
 National Association of Workforce Boards 2005
Forum
 Promoted SkillWindow and Skills Based
Projections System
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Recent WIC Accomplishments
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BLS issues.
Worked closely with BLS and NASWA LMI
Committee representatives on CIPSEA.
 Provided input on the change in QCEW
disclosure policy
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Recent WIC Accomplishments
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ETA issues 
Monitored and provided input on:
Workforce Information Performance Measures
Work Group activities
 Core Products planning guidance
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Summarized State Core Products activities
based on review of annual reports for PY
2003.
State Representatives
Accomplishments
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Workforce Investment Act
Reauthorization
Provided in-depth review of bills and the
Administration’s proposal from perspective
of LMI program
 Developed recommendations and legislative
language to assist states in working with
Members of Congress on LMI aspects of
the bills.
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Monitored Perkins Reauthorization
State Representatives
Accomplishments
 FY
2006 Federal Budget
 Monitored
and analyzed federal
budget requests related to LMI
 Provided analysis to state LMI
directors
 Encouraged state contact with
Congress regarding funding
State Representatives
Accomplishments
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ADAM ALMIS Distributed Access
Method (ADAM) System
Initiated and directed the project to provide
LMI delivery system users with access to
data across state lines.
 Pilot testing began in May 2005.
 System demonstration planned for August
2005 (NASWA LMI Conference)
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State Representatives
Accomplishments
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ETA Core Products.
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Provided suggested comments to LMI
directors in response to the Federal
Register Notice on Core Products Guidance
for PY 2005.
More about the WIC…
On the web at
www.workforceinfocouncil.org
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The Workforce Information System Plan
Meeting information and notes
Policy Council and work group details
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