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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 […]
NAWB Announces Changes to Board of Directors
January 17, 2025 — The National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) today announced that two members of its Board of Directors, Kathy Jewett and Debra Giordano have stepped down from their roles for personal reasons. Al Searles, a member of the board’s executive committee, has been elected to the Vice Chair position vacated by Jewett […]
A New Year’s Message from Brad Turner-Little
To start 2025, I’ve been looking at the various predictions being made for the coming year. I’ve found bold predictions about space travel, logical ones about demographics, and ones that have made me chuckle. While they come from different people with different points of view, one through-line that shows up in (almost) all of them […]
Continuing Resolution passes without WIOA reauthorization
Dec. 20, 2024 – The 118th Congress will conclude without having completed work to reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This leaves our nation’s public workforce system once again at a crossroads as workforce development boards look ahead to the future. WIOA was last updated in 2014 with an authorization period of five years, […]