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WWA Letter to Bill Kamela, who recently asked the WWA
Legislative Committee for language suggestions on the reauthorization bill. At
the same time, USCOM and other organizations developed their suggestions for
language, and did excellent work. This is WWA's response to Bill, which takes
into account both Senate Draft 405 which he provided, as well as the USCOM
work.
WIA Fact Sheet - A one-page
discussion tool for the Workforce Investment Act, from the Washington Workforce
Association. Also from WWA, a one-page WIA
Reauthorization Fact Sheet.
Briefing
Paper for Washington Workforce Association, by Kris Stadleman, Executive
Director of Seattle-King County WDC
Washington
Workforce Association Working Paper on WIA Reauthorization
The issues as they relate to the Pacific
Northwest - The Washington Workforce Association has worked diligently with
conterparts from Oregon and Alaska and with the National Workforce Association
to address the issues of WIA reauthorization.
Washington State Comments
- from the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board
(WTECB)
Special
Newsletter from WTECB - on Proposed FY04 Budget |
WIA Fact of the Day
DOL-ETA Announces FY 06 Budget Plans Job Training Reform,
Increased Flexibility and Accountability Highlighted (February 7, 2005) -
See article at DOL site.
Draft Republican Senate
Bill (July 25, 2003) (To view the complete current legislation,
follow the links from our WIA page.)
WIA Reauthorization - The Bush Administration's
Proposal
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is circulating a
Dear Colleague Letter to support fully funding
Title I to the Workforce Investment Act. The letter supports restoration of the
$600 million in cuts to WIA programs in FY 2003 to the FY 2002 funding level.
US Department of
Labor Proposal- for WIA Reauthorization
USDOL Page of links
on reauthorization - Comments from other federal offices
Back
To Work Incentive Act - Bill Summary - House Education and Workforce
Committee
USDOL
FY 2004 Proposed Budget Information - Provided by ICESA / CESER
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| News |
Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRA) bill passed the
House - June 3, 2004 - Read the WWA/OWP memo
with details.
S. 1627 Passes in Senate - November 14, 2003 - S. 1627,
The Workforce Investment Act of 2003, just passed in the Senate by voice vote
without amendments. For details of this bill, please see the discussions from
NGA, and from the
CWA.
NAWB Workforce
Alert - Reauthorization Update - May 11,
2005
NAWB Workforce Alert -
Reauthorization Update - April
19, 2005
Group Seeks Federal Funds to Teach Jobless New Skills The
Olympian, WA - 05 Mar 2003 ... workers looking to improve job-related skills
and young people in a bad economy, said members of the newly formed
Northwestern States Workforce Association, ...
Trained workers called scarce Anchorage Daily News, AK - 05
Mar 2003 ... In what members called an unprecedented alliance, the new
Northwestern States Workforce Association called for doubling federal spending
on work-force training ...
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Northwest leaders, lawmakers call for better work force
training Coos Bay World, OR - 05 Mar 2003 ... In what members called an
unprecedented alliance, the new Northwestern States Workforce Association
called for doubling federal spending on work force training ...
Advocates pushing job training Seattle Times, 05 Mar 2003
Local workforce development leaders in Washington, Oregon and Alaska — the
three states hit hardest by the nation's economic downturn — joined
together yesterday to call...
Northwest coalition calls for more spending for workforce
... Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK - 04 Mar 2003 ... In what members called an
unprecedented alliance, the new Northwestern States Workforce Association
called for doubling federal spending on workforce training ... |
| Other States |
Other Organizations |
Side-by-side Comparison of proposed reauthorization by the
National Governors'
Association
California Workforce
Association presents a good summary of the Reauthorization status as of
early May.
National
Governors Association - Letter to Emily DeRocco
New York State
Principles for WIA Reauthorization
Utah Principles for
the Workforce Investment Act - **DRAFT** (January 30, 2003)
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Side-by-side
Comparison of proposed reauthorization by the
California Workforce
Association
What Employers
Say About Workforce Development - a report by the
Center for Workforce Success - National Association of
Manufacturers based on interviews with key employers and business
associations around the country.
The Finance Project - A very good list of links,
publications, proposals and recommendations
The National Association
of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA - ICESA/CESER) is the organization of
state officials who administer the publicly-funded workforce programs that are
defined under federal statute by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, but are
operated and administered at the state and local level.
This
statement reflects the consensus views of NASWA's members on
reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
Center for
Law and Social Policy (CLASP) letter to ETA
Workforce
Alliance Comments to DOL |
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