New Growth Innovation Network (NGIN) is wrapping up their two-year Inclusive Recovery Initiative by sharing their lessons and insights in the Inclusive Recovery Toolkit. The Inclusive Recovery Initiative, with collaboration from the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation, was a national program supporting Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) and Districts (EDDs) in embedding inclusive […]
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PPT Presentation Wage record information provides valuable insights on employers, occupations, and workers. As many states continue to increase the data available through wage records, BLS researchers are working the front lines with states. In this session, we will learn about two states collecting occupation data and how BLS has used these data to answer […]
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This presentation will focus on some of the new climate and resilience provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) with an emphasis on how they provide opportunities and funding for MPOs. Special focus on the Carbon Reduction Program, the PROTECT Formula Program and the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program. Presenter: David D’Onofrio, Environmental Protection […]
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Ruth Rathblott will share her CURE model for expanding diversity by focusing on inclusion and belonging; she will also share her own story of being born with a limb difference, hiding it for 25 years, and her path to unhiding. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore their own differences through personal reflection and engagement […]
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The interactive industry cluster business cases developed by the Detroit Regional Partnership (DRP), have been instrumental in shifting our business attraction efforts virtually. The tool is used to engage global companies, site location decision makers, as well as regional stakeholders, with our key industry clusters in a dynamic way that has increased connections for business […]
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This Webinar is Part of the C2ER 2021 Research Awards Series The MAP Dashboard project measurably improves Southern Arizona through data-driven collective civic action and education. The website provides users with a way to measure our region’s progress and access the latest information and research. MAP fills a gap by providing a common collection of […]
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This Webinar is Part of the C2ER 2021 Research Awards Series The coronavirus pandemic has led to substantial shifts in the economy, resulting in both near- and long-term impacts. The pandemic accelerated existing trends, such as automation and remote work, and highlighted gaps in the national and regional economy, specifically the inequitable exposure to economic […]
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States maintain flexibility in the information they require from employers on the wage records of their employees. There has been a growing movement among federal and state agencies, researchers, and even businesses to “enhance” Unemployment Insurance wage records (EWR) to include more data, including hours worked and occupational codes, to better assess job market demands, […]
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has endured many years of stagnant funding and that has impacted one of the most significant funding streams for state labor market information. BLS provides grants to state LMI agencies to support data clean-up of unemployment insurance records and several surveys. States have suffered an effective 50% cut in BLS […]
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The WIAC is a Federal Advisory Committee that recommends ways to improve the nationwide workforce and labor market information systems to the Secretary of Labor. The new committee, appointed in mid-2020, reconvened in September and December 2020 to begin work on new recommendations to a new administration about how to change Federal statistical agencies and […]
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