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Lori Chavez-DeRemer Confirmed as Secretary of Labor
March 10, 2025 — Today, the U.S. Senate voted 67-32 to confirm President Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former mayor of Happy Valley, OR and former Republican member of the House of Representatives, is expected to be sworn in tomorrow (Tuesday, March 11) and begin her service at DOL […]
What was Missing From the WIOA Hearing on March 5, 2025
March 7, 2025 — Workforce boards in communities all across this country strive every day to connect work opportunities and jobseekers. They help businesses – tens of thousands of small and medium sized companies that are our economy’s backbone – fill their talent needs, to the tune of over 1 million jobs filled every year. […]
Reporting on Strengthening WIOA: Improving Outcomes for America’s Workforce
March 5, 2025 — The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a hearing, Strengthening WIOA: Improving Outcomes for America’s Workforce. Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) opened the hearing by noting, “a strong workforce development system is vital to growing our economy and providing economic opportunity for every American.” Owens further noted that reforms […]
Our Job is More Than Training
A robust workforce system requires well organized orchestration, customer centricity in its services, and agility for changing economic conditions March 4, 2025 — Those of us in the workforce development space know that the 118th Congress came “just this close” to reauthorizing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) through a bill titled A Stronger […]
U.S. Department of Labor Cancels TEN 21-24 to Implement DEI Executive Order
February 28, 2025 — Last night, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) issued a notice cancelling the Department of Labor (DOL)/ETA Training and Employment Notice (TEN) 21-24, issued on January 22, to implement President Trump’s Executive Order (EO). The EO, which was issued on January 20, called for the termination of all “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) mandates, […]
Senate HELP Committee Advances Department of Labor Secretary Nominee, Holds Hearing on Department of Labor Deputy Secretary
February 27, 2025 — Former Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), got one step closer to final confirmation today. This morning the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced her nomination on a 14-9 vote. Three Democrats, including Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined […]
House Committee Holds Hearing on Unleashing America’s Workforce and Strengthening Our Economy, Announces WIOA Hearing for Wednesday, March 5
February 26, 2025 — This morning, the House Education and Workforce (E&W) Committee held a hearing focused on ways to strengthen the economy through various federal policies. The hearing began with Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) laying out his view that federal regulations imposed on employers have harmed the economy and that deregulation is a key strategy to strengthen it in the future. He […]
NAWB Press Release on the Assistant Secretary of Labor’s Nomination
February 14, 2025 — President Trump nominated Henry Mack III to serve as the next Assistant Secretary of Labor, leading the Department’s Employment and Training Administration. Mack has extensive experience in workforce development, previously serving on CareerSource Florida’s state workforce board and as a Chancellor of Florida’s Department of Education. Mack’s nomination to Assistant Secretary will require Senate confirmation– timing for which is […]