Workforce Information Council (WIC) and Policy Council Updates Making Connections! ALMIS Database Seminar August 15, 2005 Presented by: Rebecca Rust Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation Labor Market Statistics

Workforce Information Council Quality information … Informed choices

What the Council does 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 10 state members Elected by peers in each region

Who is on the Council? State Representatives 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? BLS members Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics John (Jack) Galvin Patricia Getz Thomas Nardone George Werking Office of Field Operations John Filemyr Janet Rankin

Who is on the Council? ETA Office of Workforce Investment Gay Gilbert Anthony Dais Olaf Bjorklund Office of Regional Operations Joseph Stolz

Policy Councils and Work Groups 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

Policy Councils and Work Groups 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

Policy Councils and Work Groups Current work groups 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

More about Policy Councils 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 Co-chairs Graham Slater, Oregon Patricia Getz, BLS Major accomplishments 2-year and 10-year plan MSA redefinition CES training improvements Error tracking research Centralized registry Issues for FY 2005 All employee hours and earnings project Research on seasonality, modeling, and MSA sample weights ACES improvements

LAUS/MLS Policy Council Co-chairs Phil George, South Dakota Sharon Brown, BLS Major accomplishments 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 Small area LAUS estimates improvements LAUS and MLS staff training Many technical topics

OES Policy Council Co-chairs Tom Gallagher, Wyoming George Stamas, BLS Major accomplishments 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 Method for problem identification and resolution SOC review Showcase innovative uses of OES data

QCEW Policy Council Co-chairs Rena Kottcamp, Massachusetts Rick Clayton, BLS Major accomplishments Accelerated release of QCEW data Business Employment Dynamics New disclosure policy Geocoding Predecessor/Successor and Annual Refiling Survey improvements Issues for FY 2005 New products from the QCEW data Data sharing with Census Bureau NAICS 2007

Recent WIC Accomplishments Workforce Information System plan Submitted the plan for Department of Labor clearance. Monitored and provided guidance on plan implementation activities.

Recent WIC Accomplishments Demand for Workforce Information. Gathered and summarized information on the level of demand for state LMI products and services during 2004.

Demand for LMI – Did you know… 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 Outreach to key customer groups: 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

Recent WIC Accomplishments BLS issues. Worked closely with BLS and NASWA LMI Committee representatives on CIPSEA. Provided input on the change in QCEW disclosure policy

Recent WIC Accomplishments ETA issues - Monitored and provided input on: Workforce Information Performance Measures Work Group activities Core Products planning guidance Summarized State Core Products activities based on review of annual reports for PY 2003.

State Representatives Accomplishments 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. 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 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 System demonstration planned for August 2005 (NASWA LMI Conference)

State Representatives Accomplishments ETA Core Products. 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 The Workforce Information System Plan Meeting information and notes Policy Council and work group details News - sign up for the mailing list!