ETA pilots ‘mystery shopper’ program to test services, 7/21/03, 675
FTC cracks down on employment scams, 9/30/02, 73
Alaska grades caseworkers on results; intake revamped, 12/23/02, 266
Officials find interstate data can boost outcomes report, 10/14/02, 101
Credentials, apprenticeships launched to improve child care, 3/3/03, 390
Administration plan for voc ed funding draws mixed response, 3/10/03, 406
A bill to pay for the war in Iraq includes an increase in UI benefits for workers laid off from the airline industry, 4/28/03, 498
Community services enlarged; child care, services kept level, 7/14/03, 660
Congress offers more than Bush, less than last year, 7/14/03, 659
ETA official blames locals for faulty WIA spending figures, 10/28/02, 131
FY 2003 Conference agreement, Employment and Training (Table), 2/24/03, 382
FY 2003 Conference agreement, Vocational, Adult Education and Rehabilitation (Table), 2/24/03, 383
FY 2003 Conference agreement, TANF and Related (Table), 2/24/03, 384
FY 2003 omnibus appropriation bill adds money for WIA dislocated worker programs, 2/24/03, 370
FY 2004 Budget request, Employment and Training (Table), 2/10/03, 351
FY 2004 Budget request, Vocational, Adult Education and Rehabilitation (Table), 2/10/03, 352
FY 2004 Budget request, TANF and Related (Table), 2/10/03, 353
FY 2004 budget would merge adults, dislocated worker, ES, 2/10/03, 339
GAO stands by interim spending report, backs states’ claims, 12/2/02, 211
GOP congressman presses ED secretary on voc-ed cuts, 3/17/03, 424
Lawmakers question Chao’s replay of unspent funds gambit, 4/21/03, 484
Paige readies funding deal, 4/14/03, 472
Partisans battle over appropriations as indications of cuts grow, 10/14/02, 98
Pell beats Perkins in budget, 2/10/03, 340
Pell wins big, voc ed gains, 7/14/03, 659
Regula rethinks FY 2003 funds, offers fewer cuts, a few saves, 1/20/03, 291
Rep. C. W. Young introduces labor, health and human services and education appropriations bill, 9/16/02, 33
Rep. C. W. Young introduces continuing resolution, 10/7/02, 82
Republicans thwarted attempts by Senate Democrats to restore WIA funding, 2/3/03, 322
Senators revisit DOL spending claims; House Dems see cuts, 3/17/03, 419
Services community objects to program changes, budget cuts, 3/17/03, 425
States see decrease in funds as rescission is implemented; annual allocation shift funds, 4/14/03, 466
TANF, SSBG stay flat-funded; Bush initiatives proposed, 2/10/03, 341
ETA pilots ‘mystery shopper’ program to test services, 7/21/03, 675
Little-noticed guidance raises ruckus in Grand Canyon State, 6/23/03, 631
One-stop volunteer work beefs up clients’ resumés, 11/25/02, 201
Residents get TANF-to-tech training in public housing, 10/14/02, 105
Bush tapped poverty office’s funds to defray trips to political campaign sites, 7/28/03, 690
Mass. sheltered workshop contractor masked profits, 3/17/03, 426
Occupational schools flagged for too much federal funding, 6/16/03, 617
OIG questions use of H-1B funds; enters WIA spending debate, 12/16/02, 243
Rehnquist regime wrought anxiety, distrust; saved HHS $6 billion, 6/30/03, 642
Spending reports, low training figures top IG’s WIA concerns, 6/16/03, 616
Maximus gains global reach, Down Under service approach, 10/21/02, 117
Adult ed, literacy efforts help hold jobs, but not get them, 8/11/03, 726
Context eases learning, job ladder for unskilled trainees, 3/10/03, 410
House WIA bill aims at learning gain measures, not standards, 3/24/03, 436
Pies, pepperoni are specials on pizza-makers’ ESL menu, 12/9/02, 228
State standards, business participation sought in Title II, 3/17/03, 423
Thieves halt state GED testing, 3/24/03, 438
Moves to stop next BRAC round fail; could be biggest ever, 6/23/03, 632
Number of black children living in extreme poverty hit its highest level in 23 years, 5/19/03, 546
Regional approach urged to lift up Southern TANF blacks, 8/25/03, 760
See FEDERAL BUDGET
Ag county cooks up job growth with business incentive zone, 8/11/03, 725
At-risk students come to class to build California charter, 1/27/03, 312
Bay City groups link up to train workers for legal careers, 4/21/03, 490
Bay City tests new tool to gauge benefits to business, 1/13/03, 282
Calif. Manufacturers plead for eased rules to save jobs, 10/7/02, 88
Calif., N.Y. hang onto last resort aid as Govs. slash GA, 5/19/03, 550
Counties run for cover as Golden State juggles budget, 2/10/03, 344
Food need stands out in Calif. produce farming counties, 12/2/02, 218
Food service trainees go from grapevines to table wines, 9/2/02, 5
Gov. Davis moves workforce programs into superagency, 9/16/02, 36
Local “living wage” ordinances up close, 12/9/02, 231
States use varying means to fund non-WIA programs, 3/24/03, 439
“Training first” takes off in outreach to military spouses, 1/27/03, 307
Work-bound clients get a whole new look, wardrobe, 12/9/02, 233
Alaska grades caseworkers on results; intake revamped, 12/23/02, 266
Expert sees program spaghetti where others see safety net, 5/26/03, 567
Guide offers effective gambits for handling youthful clients, 2/17/03, 359
Intervention tested against random activity assignment, 8/4/03, 714
Long-term study finds “gentler” approach works, 12/23/02, 265
Random assignment, profiling bests caseworker intervention, 6/30/03, 651
Washington caseworkers flunk customer survey, 10/21/02, 118
Chao’s low spending claim seen based on faulty data, analysis, 9/16/02, 35
Democrats protest planned closure of four DOL regional offices, 6/2/03, 578
Mounting doubts concerning Labor’s defense of WIA cuts, 9/23/02, 50
Secretary of labor tones down administration’s stance on benefits extension, 3/24/03, 434
TAA, UI disclosure, charitable choice top planned rules, 6/2/03, 581
Credentials, apprenticeships launched to improve child care, 3/3/03, 390
GAO, Heritage papers offer two sides of child care crisis, 6/9/03, 603
Democrats protest planned closure of four DOL regional offices, 6/2/03, 578
Unions reach accord with ETA; office closure policy disputed, 8/18/03, 738
Executive pay among Wisconsin welfare groups top governor’s, 4/14/03, 470
SCSEP redistribution expected to succeed on ground level, 6/30/03, 645
Administration tightens UI wage data match guidance, 3/10/03, 407
Community colleges look to produce biotech workforce, 7/28/03, 693
Context eases learning, job ladder for unskilled trainees, 3/10/03, 410
D’Amico foresees states dropping trade programs, 3/31/03, 452
Earnings of 2-year transfers beat traditional college grads, 7/28/03, 698
Eligibility changes could deny study funds to WIA customers, 8/4/03, 711
Fla. capital package enhances state worker skills, careers, 2/24/03, 378
Free college courses offered after high school diploma, 8/25/03, 756
HEA revision continues with Pell tweaking, loan write-offs, 8/4/03, 709
Most early post-high-school leavers sought degree, 3/3/03, 393
Neb. schooling sample for TANF clients becomes full program, 11/25/02, 202
Postsecondary education seen in ‘different kind of recession,’ 3/3/03, 395
Training, community colleges key to ending welfare need, 11/4/02, 153
Calif. manufacturers plead for eased rules to save jobs, 10/7/02, 88
Steel-consuming firms say U.S. tariff is costing jobs, 10/7/02, 92
Visas cede U.S. skilled, high-wage jobs, Congress told, 6/30/03, 647
See LEGISLATION
Although the Senate leadership shifted party, membership of workforce, education and welfare panels changed most in the House, 11/18/02, 178
Congress opens ears to retool workforce investment law, 9/23/02, 51
House and Senate leadership and committee positions for the 108th Congress were firmed up, 1/27/03, 306
Lawmakers on both sides press for action on reauthorizing TANF, 9/30/02, 66
Workforce development professionals mourning the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone, 11/4/02, 146
Hartford WIB focuses on youth, 12/23/02, 260
Teens tackle tough topics for Hartford newspaper, 10/14/02, 102
Conservation Corps at a glance, 2/24/03, 374
National volunteers reach out to youth-employing Corps, 2/24/03, 373
Pa. local plan seeks WIA partners, 2/24/03, 375
No WIA money for temp firms, plead day-labor advocates, 6/16/03, 612
Protesters say day-laborers need venue for services, 11/11/02, 163
Temp firm sues advocates, 1/27/03, 314
Maximus gains global reach, Down Under service approach, 10/21/02, 117
Overseas TANF call centers raise spectre of exported jobs, 10/28/02, 132
Tech firm gobbles up major social service providers, 9/16/02, 40
Career centers expand role as service ‘hub’ for TANF clients, 6/30/03, 650
Future TANF-WIA links rank top among commenters’ concerns, 2/17/03, 356
Georgia out-of-time clients get coordinated TANF, WIA aid, 3/24/03, 435
Grant helped launch new links, centers, services, savvier staff, 10/28/02, 135
Merging TANF, WIA draws cheers, jeers from all sides, 1/20/03, 294
States stress learning work by doing, linking TANF, adult ed, 9/23/02, 58
Denver Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development omitted as partner in program, 10/14/02, 107
Mistakenly attributed North Carolina objections to proposed repeal of the Wagner-Peyser Act to state officials, was employee association, 5/19/03, 557
Cited award to George Foreman as coming from National Job Corps Association, was given by Department of Labor’s National Office of Job Corps, 8/18/03, 748
Credentials, apprenticeships launched to improve child care, 3/3/03, 390
Skills standards take off in education, training systems, 3/3/03, 387
National board to determine skill standards’ standards, 9/16/02, 38
Community colleges look to produce biotech workforce, 7/28/03, 693
Four states to lose funds under first WIA sanctions, 5/12/03, 531
Sanctioned states fix WIA reports, appeal DOL fines, 5/26/03, 563
Benefits planning finds home in job centers as retention tool, 10/21/02, 122
DOL referral service connects with employment networks, 12/16/02, 246
DOL offers listing of students available for summer hiring, 4/28/03, 506
Economist finds ADA didn’t improve quality of work lives, 8/18/03, 745
Expert outlines seven steps to “reasonable accommodation,” 9/9/02, 25
HR exec urges disability groups to intervene in hiring process, 10/28/02, 132
Mass. sheltered workshop contractor masked profits, 3/17/03, 426
‘Navigators’ to tug disabled, staff through program fog, 8/18/03, 740
Officials plan to help job providers capitalize, 2/17/03, 355
Panel identifies front-end funding as bar to EN role, 6/2/03, 579
Phase II begins in Virginia as program adds 20 states, D.C., 11/25/02, 197
Providers take in revenue as new program passes 15 months, 5/26/03, 569
State VR agencies become box office hit with Ticket holders, 9/9/02, 26
Study examines making program payment choices by client type, 11/11/02, 167
Union-backed workers seek to save severance packages, 11/18/02, 181
VR clients fared better than eligible nonparticipants, 12/2/02, 214
What’s a participant? Social Security wants to know, 8/18/03, 741
1 in 3 displaced workers from manufacturing, says BLS study, 9/16/02, 43
BLS will cease publishing a monthly layoff report, 1/20/03, 290
Bush, Democrats press for differing benefits extension, 12/23/02, 259
DOL doles out funds to pay for displaced workers’ health insurance, 6/16/03, 610
ESOP or shutdown? Make a study of it, panel recommends, 7/28/03, 697
ETA to propose rules on UI record use, older workers, TAA, 12/23/02, 263
ETA aims to speed up national emergency grant process, 6/2/03, 580
Feds stress rapid placement by one-stops for trade-displaced, 11/4/02, 149
FY 2003 omnibus appropriation bill adds money for WIA dislocated worker programs, 2/24/03, 370
Jobless Sept. 11 survivor pleads for extended benefits, 9/23/02, 52
Keystone state forced to defer training for trade layoffs, 5/26/03, 566
Keystone State reps worried over TAA funding shortfall, 5/12/03, 533
Mass dislocations down; job losses higher than believed, 11/11/02, 171
Moves to stop next BRAC round fail; could be biggest ever, 6/23/03, 632
Number of events, workers in extended mass layoff actions declined in 2001, 5/5/03, 514
Stalled economy has dimmed the reemployment prospects of jobless workers, 11/11/02, 162
States see decrease in funds as rescission is implemented; annual allocation shifts funds, 4/14/03, 466
Technology raises wages, saws off Northwest timber jobs, 9/2/02, 9
Third of post-9/11 grantmakers fund dislocated workers, 11/11/02, 164
Visas cede U.S. skilled, high-wage jobs, Congress told, 6/30/03, 647
Immigrants keep Hispanic dropout rate high, study shows, 6/30/03, 652
Groups fear loss of wage protections for immigrants, 8/25/03, 758
Most early post-high-school leavers sought degree, 3/3/03, 393
Tests may push youths out, 9/16/02, 41
Theorist urges paying for training with school funds, 12/16/02, 250
Thieves halt state GED testing, 3/24/03, 438
Nationwide disparity between men and women persists, D.C. rated best 11/25/02, 200
Career center trains with union values, 1/20/03, 296
Poor swell, earnings fall, Census Bureau reports, 10/7/02, 84
Ag county cooks up job growth with business incentive zone, 8/11/03, 725
College growing businesses, preparing small-firm employees, 12/16/02, 247
Congress eyes capacity funding for community project groups, 9/30/02, 67
EDA renewal sought, 4/21/03, 492
Indiana gov. eyes tobacco, Reed dollars for jobs, education, 1/13/03, 281
N.C. twins development with training using tobacco funds, 12/2/02, 212
Regional approach urged to lift up Southern TANF blacks, 8/25/03, 760
Rural-urban economic gap emerges in 21st century South, 10/14/02, 103
Southern boards seen needing regional approach to growth, 10/14/02, 105
Wage subsidy used to fight NYC’s post 9/11 recession, 2/3/03, 328
Analysts view extended UI as key countercyclical relief, 6/2/03, 582
Calif. manufacturers plead for eased rules to save jobs, 10/7/02, 88
Fed chief open to extending UI program to help jobless, 11/25/02, 199
Lawmakers, economists weigh in on president’s stimulus plan, 2/10/03, 343
Labor Day 2002 forecasts see gloomy present, rosier future, 9/9/02, 22
Look to under-tapped workers to meet workforce needs, 5/26/03, 570
Manufacturers aim to solve workforce image problem, 5/5/03, 519
Manufacturing sector seen in tailspin, Congress takes notice, 8/11/03, 729
Rising productivity creates greater need for training, 11/4/02, 148
Stalled economy has dimmed the reemployment prospects of jobless workers, 11/11/02, 162
Student loan defaulting increases with recession, 10/7/02, 85
Unemployment rate could hover around 6.0 percent into 2004, 8/25/03, 752
Aerospace seen as faltering heart of U.S. economic engine, 2/24/03, 379
Look to under-tapped workers to meet workforce needs, 5/26/03, 570
Steel-consuming firms say U.S. tariff is costing jobs, 10/7/02, 92
Advocates prep congress on e-learning for higher education, 10/7/02, 89
Business-boosted advanced courses lure students, 9/23/02, 57
Bush OVAE head resigns with Perkins revamp on table, 6/9/03, 594
Can degrees lift out of poverty or do costs outweigh benefits?, 11/11/02, 170
Context eases learning, job ladder for unskilled trainees, 3/10/03, 410
Earnings of 2-year transfers beat traditional college grads, 7/28/03, 698
ED amends financial aid regs to support modern enrollments, 11/18/02, 187
ED backs loan forgiveness for prospective teachers, 2/3/03, 328
ED OIG targets financial aid as less restrictive regs hit paper, 12/16/02, 253
ED proposes learning standards for Title II, 8/11/03, 730
Federal charter school funds increase, availability varies, 10/28/02, 140
Federal funding role seen as critical to revitalizing technical ed, 6/23/03, 628
‘FED UP’ bill aims to cut red tape, 2/3/03, 326
Focus remains on increasing Pell seat at public trough, 2/17/03, 361
GAO pulls wool over ED’s eyes in foreign student loan ‘sting,’ 2/3/03, 327
HEA revision continues with Pell tweaking, loan write-offs, 8/4/03, 709
Is U.S. growing educationally?, 5/19/03, 554
Lawmakers: Is College Investment Making the Grade? 5/26/03, 562
Occupational schools flagged for too much federal funding, 6/16/03, 617
Pell beats Perkins in budget, 2/10/03, 340
Plans weighed for Johnny to march home to a teaching job, 4/21/03, 483
Rural schools press for help in mostly urban states, 3/24/03, 438
School job access needed to impart world-of-work skills, 10/21/02, 116
Service learning finds a place in work readiness, career ed, 6/2/03, 583
Student loan defaulting increases with recession, 10/7/02, 85
Tech ed delivery affects class demographics, researchers say, 9/2/02, 8
Theorist urges paying for training with school funds, 12/16/02, 250
Thieves halt state GED testing, 3/24/03, 438
University partnership employs youth to participate in civics, 10/21/02, 121
Urban schools outpace rural schools in demand training, 9/2/02, 7
Youth found lacking financial savvy to tap training, schools, 2/3/03, 331
Bush OVAE head resigns with Perkins revamp on table, 6/9/03, 594
ED proposes learning standards for Title II, 8/11/03, 730
ED OIG targets financial aid as less restrictive regs hit paper, 12/16/02, 253
Federal funding role seen as critical to revitalizing technical ed, 6/23/03, 628
GAO pulls wool over ED’s eyes in foreign student loan ‘sting,’ 2/3/03, 327
GOP congressman presses ED secretary on voc-ed cuts, 3/17/03, 424
White House proposes to shift the Education Department’s vocational and adult education programs into the Department of Labor, 12/16/02, 242
See LABOR MARKET INFORMATION; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Labor Day 2002 forecasts see gloomy present, rosier future, 9/9/02, 22
Prior to 9/11 residency growth was highest since depression, 9/16/02, 37
Technology raises wages, saws off Northwest timber jobs, 9/2/02, 9
Unemployment data revisions alter reporting by ethnicity, 3/3/03, 391
Youth unemployment rate up 2 percentage points, 9/2/02, 2
Appeals court sets precedent allowing client drug tests, 11/4/02, 147
Economist finds ADA didn’t improve quality of work lives, 8/18/03, 745
Expert outlines seven steps to “reasonable accommodation,” 9/9/02, 25
Most states lack resources to serve welfare clients with barriers, says IG, 9/16/02, 34
Tenn. client barriers lift with “whole person” counseling, 9/30/02, 74
Reed Act dollars tapped to improve frontline services, 10/14/02, 100
Stakeholders oppose Wagner-Peyser repeal in House bill, 5/5/03, 515
Ag county cooks up job growth with business incentive zone, 8/11/03, 725
College growing businesses, preparing small-firm employees, 12/16/02, 247
Entrepreneurial lending piloted in partnership mix, 12/9/02, 227
Entrepreneurs encourage Baltimore clients’ firms, 5/12/03, 535
DOL issues non-discrimination checklist for WIA activities, 8/11/03, 722
Economist finds ADA didn’t improve quality of work lives, 8/18/03, 745
President Bush exempts religious groups from equal employment opportunity rules, 12/23/02, 258
FBOs help like secular groups, 1/27/03, 314
Feds seeking ways to expand grant access to FBOs, 10/28/02, 138
Local Florida program offers road map for FBO involvement, 8/18/03, 743
Merged Lutheran agency fills gaps at local levels, 6/23/03, 634
President Bush exempts religious groups from equal employment opportunity rules, 12/23/02, 258
Religious groups take steps to avoid proselytism charges, 12/2/02, 221
SCSEP program expands reach into faith-based community. 5/5/03, 518
TAA, UI disclosure, charitable choice top planned rules, 6/2/03, 581
UI extension, sectarian hiring narrow favorable House vote, 5/19/03, 547
Ag county cooks up job growth with business incentive zone, 8/11/03, 725
Food need stands out in Calif. produce farming counties, 12/2/02, 218
Food service trainees go from grapevines to table wines, 9/2/02, 5
WIB group to help farmworker programs mesh with one-stops, 7/21/03, 679
Effort to increase WIA funding successful in Senate budget, 4/14/03, 470
FY 2004 budget request, Employment and Training (Table), 2/10/03, 351
FY 2004 budget request, Vocational, Adult Education and Rehabilitation (Table), 2/10/03, 352
FY 2004 budget request, TANF and Related (Table), 2/10/03, 353
FY 2004 budget would merge adults, dislocated worker, ES, 2/10/03, 339
Paige readies funding deal, 4/14/03, 472
Pell beats Perkins in budget, 2/10/03, 340
TANF, SSBG stay flat-funded; Bush initiatives proposed, 2/10/03, 341
Bush tapped poverty office’s funds to defray trips to political campaign sites, 7/28/03, 690
Executive pay among Wisconsin welfare groups top governor’s, 4/14/03, 470
Japan, Sweden, U.K. offer differing models for U.S.A., 4/14/03, 474
Kiwi aid reform relies on case management to lead to work, 4/14/03, 473
Maximus gains global reach, Down Under service approach, 10/21/02, 117
Career centers expand role as service ‘hub’ for TANF clients, 6/30/03, 650
Demand high for Fla. incumbent worker training program, 12/9/02, 234
Fla. capital package enhances state worker skills, careers, 2/24/03, 378
Local Florida program offers road map for FBO involvement, 8/18/03, 743
Officials find interstate data can boost outcomes report, 10/14/02, 101
Public aid tries profiling to rush help to riskiest cases, 9/9/02, 23
Spring break volunteers lend youthful energy to Fla. system, 4/21/03, 490
WIB, college, GEICO team up to prepare insurance agents, 1/27/03, 311
Program revision cuts fat, rounds up the eligible, 12/2/02, 218
FTC cracks down on employment scams, 9/30/02, 73
Mafia-linked officials charged with funds abuse, sex crimes, 4/21/03, 485
Aide anticipates moves to choke off TANF debate, cut WIA funds, 12/23/02, 259
Chao’s low spending claim seen based on faulty data, analysis, 9/16/02, 35
Congress opens ears to retool workforce investment law, 9/23/02, 51
ETA official blames locals for faulty WIA spending figures, 10/28/02, 131
Federal funding role seen as critical to revitalizing technical ed, 6/23/03, 628
Federal standards urged for grantees in CSBG revision, 7/28/03, 696
Funding crisis predicted to affect employment programs, 8/4/03, 707
Funding for collection of employment statistics has been outpaced by workload, 1/13/03, 274
GAO sees states dip into TANF surpluses as job losses grow, 8/11/03, 724
GAO stands by interim spending report, backs states’ claims, 12/2/02, 211
Governors press for program investment in worker training, 12/16/02, 243
Local agencies try new ways to make up for budget cuts, 8/18/03, 742
Mounting doubts concerning Labor’s defense of WIA cuts, 9/23/02, 50
N.C. twins development with training using tobacco funds, 12/2/02, 212
OIG questions use of H-1B funds; enters WIA spending debate, 12/16/02, 243
States shuffle welfare services to pay for 2001 rise, avoid squeeze, 10/7/02, 91
Third of post-9/11 grantmakers fund dislocated workers, 11/11/02, 164
Congress eyes capacity funding for community project groups, 9/30/02, 67
GAO stands by interim spending report, backs states’ claims, 12/2/02, 211
Claimants “audition” for jobs while still collecting benefits, 7/28/03, 691
Georgia out-of-time clients get coordinated TANF, WIA aid, 3/24/03, 435
Public aid tries profiling to rush help to riskiest cases, 9/9/02, 23
Professional development, technology in special education and Community Parent Resource Centers funds available, 1/13/03, 286
Eligibility changes could deny study funds to WIA customers, 8/4/03, 711
Focus remains on increasing Pell seat at public trough, 2/17/03, 361
Funds to improve postsecondary education, 1/13/03, 286
$342 million in grants for the Senior Community Service Employment Program
in program year 2003, 11/18/02, 188
DOL doles out funds to pay for displaced workers’ health insurance, 6/16/03, 610
DOL needs to improve training programs, performance measurement, better address emerging workforce issues, 3/3/03, 386
ETA aims to speed up national emergency grant process, 6/2/03, 580
Grantees wonder when Chao will awaken sleeping panel, 9/2/02, 4
H-1B technical skills training grants totalling $200 million available, 1/13/03, 285
Judge lets stand competitive redistribution of SCSEP funds, 6/23/03, 629
Jury is still out on grant program effectiveness, 9/9/02, 19
SCSEP grantmaking adds new providers, prompts lawsuit, 6/16/03, 611
SCSEP redistribution expected to succeed on ground level, 6/30/03, 645
EPA grants to train poor, others in hazmat cleanup, 6/23/03, 635
Federal standards urged for grantees in CSBG revision, 7/28/03, 696
Housing-aided leavers face hunger, poverty at exit, 3/24/03, 444
Feds seeking ways to expand grant access to FBOs, 10/28/02, 138
HHS social safety net’s information sharing and accountability need overhaul, says GAO, 3/10/03, 402
Rehnquist regime wrought anxiety, distrust; saved HHS $6 billion, 6/30/03, 642
Survey: few hit time limits, 9/9/02, 28
TANF, SSBG stay flat-funded; Bush initiatives proposed, 2/10/03, 341
Groups fear loss of wage protections for immigrants, 8/25/03, 758
Hispanics study nursing in two languages at once, 3/10/03, 408
Immigrants keep Hispanic dropout rate high, study shows, 6/30/03, 652
Prior to 9/11 residency growth was highest since depression, 9/16/02, 37
Unemployment data revisions alter reporting by ethnicity, 3/3/03, 391
Homeless, poor get a helping of work at McMurphy’s Grill, 12/23/02, 265
Feds seeking ways to expand grant access to FBOs, 10/28/02, 138
Residents get TANF-to-tech training in public housing, 10/14/02, 105
Housing job programs aim to bridge cultures, job market, 3/3/03, 388
Democrats protest planned closure of four DOL regional offices, 6/2/03, 578
“Living wage” movement makes incremental gains locally, 12/9/02, 230
Local “living wage” ordinances up close, 12/9/02, 231
Opposition mounts to closing New York, Seattle offices, 7/14/03, 663
Staff can-do attitude viewed as critical to pleasing employers, 9/9/02, 20
Unions reach accord with ETA; office closure policy disputed, 8/18/03, 738
Clinton bill promotes English language services in one-stops, 8/18/03, 738
H-1B grants help locals build relationships with firms, 11/4/02, 149
Housing job programs aim to bridge cultures, job market, 3/3/03, 388
Immigrants keep Hispanic dropout rate high, study shows, 6/30/03, 652
Prior to 9/11 residency growth was highest since depression, 9/16/02, 37
Reform failed to cut aid to immigrants, advocates charge, 4/14/03, 471
Visas cede U.S. skilled, high-wage jobs, Congress told, 6/30/03, 647
Wisconsin program helps refugees start own businesses, 11/11/02, 168
Incentive grants to reward more states this year, 5/26/03, 565
Bay City groups link up to train workers for legal careers, 4/21/03, 490
Better retention raises firms’ productivity, competitiveness, 6/2/03, 587
Boston program to move workers up banking ladder, 11/18/02, 185
Demand high for Fla. incumbent worker training program, 12/9/02, 234
Fla. capital package enhances state worker skills, careers, 2/24/03, 378
Measures discourage WIBs from training employees, says GAO, 4/28/03, 502
See profits as derived from worker skills, leaders urge, 9/30/02, 70
Simulator helps seafarers navigate to ship pilot jobs, 9/23/02, 53
Skills delivery at work site may aid retention, career advance, 6/9/03, 597
States use varying means to fund non-WIA programs, 3/24/03, 439
FTC cracks down on employment scams, 9/30/02, 73
Indiana gov. eyes tobacco, Reed dollars for jobs, education, 1/13/03, 281
Indiana lawmakers press for TANF for drug offenders, 3/17/03, 428
Skills delivery at work site may aid retention, career advance, 6/9/03, 597
Cherokee generate jobs, fight poverty without Tribal TANF, 6/2/03, 584
DOL plans to revive inactive training advisory council, 6/16/03, 613
Grantees wonder when Chao will awaken sleeping panel, 9/2/02, 4
HHS social safety net’s information sharing and accountability need overhaul, says GAO, 3/10/03, 402
Entrepreneurs encourage Baltimore clients’ firms, 5/12/03, 535
Judge lets stand competitive redistribution of SCSEP funds, 6/23/03, 629
Little-noticed guidance raises ruckus in Grand Canyon State, 6/23/03, 631
Merged Lutheran agency fills gaps at local levels, 6/23/03, 634
Role needs expanding to draw employers, say advocates, 4/28/03, 505
SCSEP grantmaking adds new providers, prompts lawsuit, 6/16/03, 611
SCSEP program expands reach into faith-based community, 5/5/03, 518
SCSEP redistribution expected to succeed on ground level, 6/30/03, 645
Stakeholders discuss groups’ role in reauthorized programs, 2/17/03, 362
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Iowa welfare reform: a matured system, 11/18/02, 182
States use varying means to fund non-WIA programs, 3/24/03, 439
Japan, Sweden, U.K. offer differing models for U.S.A., 4/14/03, 474
Boxing legend thanks Job Corps for direction, 8/4/03, 706
Cited award to George Foreman as coming from National Job Corps Association, was actually given by Department of Labor’s National Office of Job Corps, 8/18/03, 748
Employer backs start-up of center’s nursing school, 5/5/03, 521
Executive management program trains center staff to lead, 4/28/03, 499
Free college courses offered after high school diploma, 8/25/03, 756
Reyes (D-Texas) introduces HR 2594 to set up centers in Arizona, California and Texas for adults adversely affected by NAFTA, 7/21/03, 683
Job Opportunities for Low Income Individuals (JOLI) nets full-time job creation for TANF clients, 10/7/02, 86
Bay City groups link up to train workers for legal careers, 4/21/03, 490
Retention is shared trait among PEPNet awardees, 9/23/02, 56
Skills delivery at work site may aid retention, career advance, 6/9/03, 597
Tech firm gobbles up major social service providers, 9/16/02, 40
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GAO reports decline in number of federal training programs, 5/5/03, 523
Hispanics study nursing in two languages at once, 3/10/03, 408
Homeless, poor get a helping of work at McMurphy’s Grill, 12/23/02, 265
Number of trainees dropped in transition from JTPA to WIA, 4/28/03, 501
Rising productivity creates greater need for training, 11/4/02, 148
Sci-fi future of training presented by Commerce Dept., 12/9/02, 232
“Training first” takes off in outreach to military spouses, 1/27/03, 307
Training seen as better ticket to good jobs than “work first,” 11/11/02, 165
WIB, college, GEICO team up to prepare insurance agents, 1/27/03, 311
Number of trainees dropped in transition from JTPA to WIA, 4/28/03, 501
Democrats protest planned closure of four DOL regional offices, 6/2/03, 578
Pies, pepperoni are specials on pizza-makers’ ESL menu, 12/9/02, 228
Skills delivery at work site may aid retention, career advance, 6/9/03, 597
Skills standards take off in education, training systems, 3/3/03, 387
“Training first” takes off in outreach to military spouses, 1/27/03, 307
Appointee faces criticism on work rules, ETA N.Y.C. office, 8/11/03, 723
Democrats protest planned closure of four DOL regional offices, 6/2/03, 578
DOL’s FY 2004 outcome goals incorporate new measures, 2/17/03, 357
DOL moves to revoke the so-called “baby UI” policy, 12/9/02, 226
DOL plans to revive inactive training advisory council, 6/16/03, 613
DOL referral service connects with employment networks, 12/16/02, 246
ETA aims to speed up national emergency grant process, 6/2/03, 580
ETA head explains national business, industry outreach, 7/21/03, 676
ETA official blames locals for faulty WIA spending figures, 10/28/02, 131
ETA releases awaited WIA position paper with new details, 3/17/03, 420
ETA reorganization includes third deputy assistant secretary, 9/9/02, 18
ETA to fund wage record retrieval, muting cost issue, 9/16/02, 41
ETA to honcho OMB’s measures under FY 2004 budget proposal, 2/3/03, 323
Federal officials lay out blueprints for renewed WIA, 10/21/02, 115
GAO stands by interim spending report, backs states’ claims, 12/2/02, 211
Howard Radzely, deputy solicitor of labor, succeeds Eugene Scalia, 1/20/03, 301
No hard outcome goals in DOL’s latest strategic plan, 8/18/03, 746
Opposition mounts to closing New York, Seattle offices, 7/14/03, 663
Unions reach accord with ETA; office closure policy disputed, 8/18/03, 738
White House proposes to shift the Education Department’s vocational and adult education programs into the Department of Labor, 12/16/02, 242
BLS will cease publishing a monthly layoff report, 1/20/03, 290
ETA to fund wage record retrieval, muting cost issue, 9/16/02, 41
Funding for collection of employment statistics has been outpaced by workload, 1/13/03, 274
Laborshed surveys seek out workers where they live, 12/9/02, 229
Unemployment data revisions alter reporting by ethnicity, 3/3/03, 391
BLS will cease publishing a monthly layoff report, 1/20/03, 290
Mass dislocations down; job losses higher than believed, 11/11/02, 171
Number of events, workers in extended mass layoff actions declined in 2001, 5/5/03, 514
Union-backed workers seek to save severance packages, 11/18/02, 181
Concern focuses on UI’s role keeping TANF leavers off rolls, 12/16/02, 250
(For bills with assigned bill numbers only. For information on bills without assigned bill numbers, see subject matter.)
3529, Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act, Clinton (D-NY) and Specter (R-Pa) Senate substitute would give UI claimants temporary coverage until March 31, 11/25/02, 198
3974, Community Economic Development Expertise Enhancement Act, would authorize $75 million for HUD to make grants to CDCs, Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) and Watts (R-Okla) introduce, 9/30/02, 67
4015, Jobs for Veterans Act, Senate approves by unanimous consent, 11/18/02, 188; signed into law (PL 107-288), 12/9/02, 236
4737, Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act of 2002, revised version of HR 4700, approved by House, 5/27/02, 565; mentioned 6/24/02, 632; reported out 7/15/02, 660; mentioned 9/30/02, 66
5320, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003, would set funding at levels proposed by president, Young (R-Fla) introduces, 9/16/02, 33; partisans battle over appropriations as indications of cuts grow, 10/14/02, 98
5418, Unemployment Security Reform Act of 2002, would reform administrative funding of UC and ES programs, McCrery (R-La) introduces, 9/30/02, 76; reaction, 10/7/02, 83
5491, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, would provide 20 weeks of extended benefits to high-unemployment states and 13 additional weeks for all other states through July 1, 2003, Rangel (D-NY) introduces, companion S 3009, 10/7/02, 83; Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle call for an extension of unemployment insurance benefits, 10/28/02, 130; bill gains 54 House sponsors, 11/25/02, 198
5063, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act, Thomas (R-Calif) amendment would extend federal UI benefits in high unemployment states through Feb. 1, 2003, 11/25/02, 198
111, Young (R-Fla) introduces Labor-Education-HHS continuing resolution, approved by Congress, signed into law Sept. 30, also extends TANF until Dec. 31, 2002, 10/7/02, 82
124, provides a full extension of welfare funding and program rules and related programs from Dec. 31, 2002, to Jan. 11, 2003, 11/25/02, 198
1344, Native American Commercial Driving Training and Technical Assistance Act, would provide training and technical assistance to Native Americans interested in commercial driving careers, Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo) introduces, 8/5/02, 707; reported out, 9/23/02, 61; amendment in the nature of a substitute, 9/30/02, 76
2758, 2002 ACCESS Act, would reauthorize the child care and development block grants through 2007, Dodd (D-Conn) introduces, reported out, 9/23/02, 61
2766, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003, Harkin (D-Iowa), would restore funding, 10/14/02, 98
2967, Affordable Housing Expansion Act of 2002, would promote the production of affordable low-income housing, Bond (R-Mo) introduces, 9/30/02, 76
3009, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, would provide 20 weeks of extended benefits to high-unemployment states and 13 additional weeks for all other states through July 1, 2003, Wellstone (D-Minn) introduces, companion HR 5491, 10/7/02, 83; Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle call for an extension of unemployment insurance benefits, 10/28/02,130; bill gains 33 Senate sponsors, 11/25/02, 198
4, Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act, Pryce (R-Ohio), Boehner (R-Ohio) and McKeon (R-Calif) introduce, 2/10/03, 349; House approves, 2/24/03, 372
9, to provide for a program of temporary enhanced unemployment benefits, Cardin (D-Md) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
12, FED UP bill to streamline the federal financial aid system with minor fixes to various clauses in Title IV of the Higher Education Act, McKeon (R-Calif) introduces, 1/27/03, 316; contents outlined, 2/3/03, 326
17, to provide economic security for America’s workers, Rangel (R-NY) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
35, to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Biggert (R-Ill) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
137, to provide job creation and assistance, Rep, John McHugh (R-NY) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
162, to amend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Act of 2002 to provide for additional weeks of benefits to exhaustees, and to provide for a temporary extension of the temporary extended unemployment program, Quinn (R-NY) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
209, to extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, Tiahrt (R-Kan) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
213, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to designate educational empowerment zones in certain low-income areas and to give a tax incentive to attract teachers to work in such areas, Towns (D-NY) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
228, to provide for additional benefits under the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, Wu (D-Ore) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
239, to facilitate the provision of assistance by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfields, Miller (R-Calif) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
246, making appropriations for FY 2003, Regula (R-Ohio) introduces, 1/20/03, 291
438, the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act, approved, 7/21/03, 683
444, Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003, would create personal reemployment accounts, Porter (R-Nev) introduces, 2/10/03, 338; House hearing on, 2/24/03, 371; reported out of subcommittee, 3/10/03, 403; reported out of full committee, 3/17/03, 421
544, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a tax credit for hiring displaced homemakers, Bilirakis (R-Fla) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
593, to fund second round empowerment zones and enterprise communities, LoBiondo (R-NJ) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
624, Chance to Succeed Act, Democratic alternative to work participation requirements in HR 4, introduced, companion S316, 2/17/03, 354
682, to amend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 to add weeks of benefits to exhaustees, English (R-Pa) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
692, to provide for racial equity and fair treatment under TANF, Johnson (D-Texas) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
696, to amend the Higher Education Act to restrict the disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who commit offenses while receiving aid, Meeks (D-NY) introduces, 2/24/03, 381
706, Building Secure and Healthy Families Act of 2003, would provide states grants to promote secure families, add nondiscrimination requirements pertaining to marital status and family structure, authorize help for teenage parents to comply with TANF work and education rules, Stark (D-Calif) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
823, to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Act to provide full funding, Larson (D-Conn) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
864, to authorize full funding in fiscal years 2004 and 2005, Vitter (R-La) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
965, to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $5.90 sixty days after enactment and to $6.65 after one year, Miller (D-Calif) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
966, to reinstate the vocational training program of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for certain low-income veterans receiving pensions, Brown (R-SC) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
1040, to establish a living wage and jobs for all policy, Lee (D-Calif) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
1261, the Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003 to reauthorize and amend WIA, McKeon (R-Calif) and Boehner (R-Ohio) introduce, 3/24/03, 435; reported out of House Committee on Education and the Workforce by 26-21 vote with link to HR 444 excised, 4/14/03, 467
1553, to provide additional temporary unemployment assistance to individuals in the air transportation industry, English (R-Pa) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
1632, to create a national commission modeled on the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission to establish a timely, independent and fair process for realigning outdated, ineffective or inefficient executive agencies, Royce (R-Calif) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
1638, to amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to repeal the authorized 2005 round of closures and realignments (HR 1638), Taylor (D-Miss) introduces, 4/21/03, 493; 6/23/03, 633
1652, to provide extended unemployment benefits to displaced workers and to make improvements in the UI system, Rangel (D-NY) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
1660, to amend the National Apprenticeship Act to ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner, Wicker (R-Miss) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
1716, to improve educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for apprenticeship or other on-the-job training, Smith (R-NJ) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
1802, to amend the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and the Social Security Act to modernize the unemployment insurance system, McDermott (D-Wash) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
1807, to amend TAA programs under the Trade Act of 1974 to establish a demonstration project providing self-employment training and assistance to affected workers, Reynolds (R-NY) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
1829, to require Federal Prison Industries to compete for contracts minimizing its unfair competition with private sector firms, to enhance inmate access to remedial and vocational education and other rehabilitative opportunities (HR 1829), Hoekstra (R-Mich) introduces, 4/21/03, 493; reported out of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 8/11/03, 733
1992, The Expand Access to Job Training for English Language Learners Act, to amend WIA sec. 134 (d), which addresses required local employment and training activities, to include increasing literacy skills as an intensive service and include bilingual occupational skills and English as a Second Language as part of training services, Solis (D-Calif) introduces, 5/19/03, 556
2047, to make permanent the work opportunity tax credit and the welfare-to-work credit, which expire Dec. 31, 2003, and make eligibility changes, Houghton (R-NY) introduces, 5/19/03, 556
2053, to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to associate degree schools of nursing and professional nursing organizations to improve nursing education, Capuano (D-Mass) introduces, 5/19/03, 556
2185, Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003, Dunn (R-Wash) introduces, House passes, Senate enrolls and adopts without amendment, 6/2/03, 580
2285, Servicemembers Overseas Outreach Act, Simpson (R-Idaho) introduces, 6/16/03, 620
2298, Earning and Living Opportunities Act, amending the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to improve access to employment opportunities for low-income people, Velázquez (D-NY) introduces, 6/16/03, 620
2308, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Communities Act of 2003, Levin (D-Mich) introduces, 6/16/03, 620
2350, to extend the current Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program until Sept. 30, 2003, Herger (R-Calif) introduces, 6/16/03, 620; House passes, 6/23/03, 638
2377, Focus on Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children’s Sake Act, Miller (D-Calif) introduces, companion S 1198, 6/16/03, 620
2437, Child Protection Services Workforce Improvement Act, Stark (D-Calif) introduces, 6/30/03, 654
2594, Adult Job Corps Demonstration Program Act of 2003 to set up centers in Arizona, California and Texas for adults adversely affected by NAFTA, Reyes (D-Texas) introduces, 7/21/03, 683
2660, appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for fiscal year 2004, Regula (R-Ohio) introduces, House approves, 7/21/03, 683
2702, L-1 Non-Immigration Reform Act, capping the number of L-1 visas, DeLauro (D-Conn) introduces, 7/21/03, 683
2762, Excellence in Vocational Education Act, to create a competitive technical and vocational education grant program allowing schools to seek out federal funds to match, Pombo (R-Calif) introduces, 8/4/03, 717
2763, Vocational Partnership Act, to allow businesses to take a tax credit for donating equipment for vocational education and establish a tax credit for businesses hiring full-time students who want to work as interns in fields relating to vocational education, Pombo (R-Calif) introduces, 8/4/03, 717
2897, Bringing America Home Act, to authorize appropriations for housing programs and establish as a goal ending homelessness, Carson (D-Ind) introduces, 8/11/03, 733
2899, Border Security and Immigration Improvement Act, would create a new category of nonimmigrant worker visa that would be portable across industries and another that would encourage illegal immigrants to legalize their status, Kolbe (R-Ariz) introduces, 8/11/03, 733
2, engrossed by Senate amendment to provide for FY 2003 appropriations, 2/3/03, 322; approved by House and Senate, 2/24/03, 370
8, to encourage lifelong learning by investing in public schools and improving access to and affordability of higher education and job training, Daschle (D-SD) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
20, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage, Daschle (D-SD) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
23, extending temporary emergency unemployment compensation, Fitzgerald (R-Ill) introduces, House approves enrolled version, president signs, 1/20/03, 299
35, to provide economic security for America’s workers, Daschle (D-SD) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
76, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, Daschle (D-SD) introduces, 1/20/03, 301
281, to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to provide training and technical assistance for Native Americans interested in commercial vehicle driving careers, Campbell (R-Colo) introduces, 2/24/03, 381
299, to expand an empowerment zone in Aroostook County, Maine, Snowe (R-Maine) introduces, 2/24/03, 381
304, to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to make federal grants to states or local governments to share the cost of wage replacement, Dodd (D-Conn) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
316, Chance to Succeed Act, Democratic alternative to work participation requirements in HR 4, introduced, companion HR 624, 2/17/03, 354
317, to provide the same workplace flexibility options enjoyed by federal workers to private sector employees, Gregg (R-NH) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
327, would allow up to 24 months of vocational educational training to be counted as a work activity under TANF, Levin (D-Mich) introduces, 2/17/03, 354
476, to provide incentives for charitable contributions to help low-income individuals build assets, Grassley (R-Iowa) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
479, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for homeland security scholarships, Edwards (D-NC) introduces, 3/10/03, 412
751, American Indian Reform Act, to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, authorizing grants to states for aid and services to needy families with children and for child welfare services, and reauthorize and improve the operation of TANF programs run by Indian tribes, Baucus (D-Mont) introduces, 4/14/03, 477
770, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act of 2003, to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure fair treatment and due process protections under the TANF program and facilitate enhanced data collection and reporting, Feingold (D-Wis) introduces, 4/14/03, 477
786, to amend TANF to provide grants for transitional jobs programs, Bingaman (D-NM) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
923, to provide additional weeks of temporary extended unemployment insurance compensation and to authorize a program of temporary enhanced regular unemployment compensation, Kennedy (D-Mass) introduces, 4/21/03, 493
925, an amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act to extend unemployment insurance benefits, Murray (D-Wash) offers, GOP leadership strikes, 7/21/03, 683
988, to amend WIA to provide a job training grant pilot program, replacing dislocated worker projects under WIA sec. 171 (d) with grants to place training graduates in qualified employment, Coleman (R-Minn) introduces, 5/19/03, 556
1079, to extend the Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act by providing an additional 13 weeks of UI to all individuals who have exhausted their state benefits and another 13 weeks for individuals in high-unemployment states, Murkowski introduces, 6/2/03, 580
1180, Encouraging Work Act of 2003 to make permanent the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and the Welfare-to-Work tax credit, Santorum (R-Pa) introduces, 6/16/03, 620
1198, Focus on Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children’s Sake Act, Dodd (D-Conn) introduces, companion HR 2377, 6/16/03, 620
1203, Distance Education and Online Learning Act of 2003, S 1203, Enzi (R-Wyo) introduces, 6/16/03, 620
1248, Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2003, Gregg (R-NH) introduces, 6/30/03, 654
1254, Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2003, Kerry (D-Mass) introduces, 6/30/03, 654
1299, Trade Readjustment and Development Enhancement for America’s Communities Act of 2003 (S 1299), Snowe (R-Maine) introduces, 6/30/03, 654
1346, Sectoral Market Assessment for Regional Training Enhancement and Revitalization Act to amend WIA to provide sectoral gap assessments, strategic skills gap action plans and strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants, Cantwell (D-Wash) introduces 7/21/03, 683
1347, to amend WIA to provide for training service and delivery innovation projects, Cantwell (D-Wash) introduces 7/21/03, 683
1348, Federal Pell Grant Eligibility Clarification Act of 2003 to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to lower Pell Grants’ student income requirements in states with high unemployment, as defined by the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, Cantwell (D-Wash) introduces, 7/21/03, 683
1451, Runaway, Homeless and Missing Children Protection Act, to reauthorize programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, Hatch (R-Utah) introduces, 8/11/03, 733
1452, USAJobs Protection Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the H-1B and L-1 temporary visa programs to prevent unintended job losses and increase monitoring of the programs, Dodd (D-Conn) introduces, 8/11/03, 733
1443, Building on Welfare Success Act of 2003 to reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, Carper (D-Del), Nelson (D-Fla) and Collins (R-Maine) introduce, 8/11/03, 733
1541, to aid dislocated workers, Edwards (D-NC) introduces, 8/11/03, 733
1543, to amend and improve provisions relating to the workforce investment and adult education system, Clinton (D-NY), Ensign (R-Nev) and Bingaman (D-NM) introduce, 8/11/03, 733; story about provisions, 8/18/03, 738
1549, to phase out reduced-price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in increases in the income eligibility guidelines, Dole (R-NC) introduces, 8/11/03, 733
1551, to provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged children, McCain (R-Ariz) introduces, 8/11/03, 733
1554, to reform secondary schools, Murray (D-Wash) introduces, 8/11/03, 733
2185 (HR Enrolled), the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003, Rep. Dunn (R-Wash) introduces, House passes, Senate enrolls and adopts without amendment, 6/2/03, 580
2660 (HR Enrolled), making fiscal year 2004 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, unanimous consent agreement reached providing for the consideration on Sept. 2, 8/11/03, 733
23, budget resolution, Cantwell (D-Wash) amends to call for a a $678 million increase in WIA funding, 4/14/03, 470
Adult ed, literacy efforts help hold jobs, but not get them, 8/11/03, 726
Clinton bill promotes English language services in one-stops, 8/18/03, 738
Pies, pepperoni are specials on pizza-makers ESL menu, 12/9/02, 228
See profits as derived from worker skills, leaders urge, 9/30/02, 70
New York areas, one-stops to adopt customer tracking cards, 5/5/03, 516
ETA pilots ‘mystery shopper’ program to test services, 7/21/03, 675
Local “living wage” ordinances up close, 12/9/02, 231
Simulator helps seafarers navigate to ship pilot jobs, 9/23/02, 53
1 in 3 displaced workers from manufacturing, says BLS study, 9/16/02, 43
Clients try out new skills at suburban thrift shop, 10/28/02, 138
“Living wage” movement makes incremental gains locally, 12/9/02, 230
Skills delivery at work site may aid retention, career advance, 6/9/03, 597
Boston program to move workers up banking ladder, 11/18/02, 185
College growing businesses, preparing small-firm employees, 12/16/02, 247
Democrats protest planned closure of four DOL regional offices, 6/2/03, 578
Mafia-linked officials charged with funds abuse, sex crimes, 4/21/03, 485
Mass. sheltered workshop contractor masked profits, 3/17/03, 426
Opposition mounts to closing New York, Seattle offices, 7/14/03, 663
Parent-child computer class adds skills at school, work, 6/9/03, 601
Protesters say day-laborers need venue for services, 11/11/02, 163
State, Cabinet agencies tap TANF, WIA, education resources, 9/30/02, 68
Temp firm sues advocates, 1/27/03, 314
Unions reach accord with ETA; office closure policy disputed, 8/18/03, 738
Public aid tries profiling to rush help to riskiest cases, 9/9/02, 23
Appeals court sets precedent allowing client drug tests, 11/4/02, 147
Appeals court shutters Michigan drug testing, 4/21/03, 487
ETA pilots ‘mystery shopper’ program to test services, 7/21/03, 675
Housing job programs aim to bridge cultures, job market, 3/3/03, 388
Minn. Gov. stresses “work first” in proposed stringent rules, 2/17/03, 358
Minn. leads in turnover data, 9/2/02, 11
Nationwide disparity between men and women persists, Mississippi rated worst 11/25/02, 200
Four states to lose funds under first WIA sanctions, 5/12/03, 531
Homeless, poor get a helping of work at McMurphy’s Grill, 12/23/02, 265
Overseas TANF call centers raise spectre of exported jobs, 10/28/02, 132
Sanctioned states fix WIA reports, appeal DOL fines, 5/26/03, 563
See INDIANS
Neb. schooling sample for TANF clients becomes full program, 11/25/02, 202
Community colleges look to produce biotech workforce, 7/28/03, 693
Granite state adds to federal UI extension with Reed funds, 7/28/03, 695
N.J. youth one-stop prepares for first summer at shore, 5/19/03, 553
Overseas TANF call centers raise spectre of exported jobs, 10/28/02, 132
Skills standards take off in education, training systems, 3/3/03, 387
Appointee faces criticism on work rules, ETA N.Y.C. office, 8/11/03, 723
Calif., N.Y. hang onto last resort aid as Govs. slash GA, 5/19/03, 550
Democrats protest planned closure of four DOL regional offices, 6/2/03, 578
ETA pilots ‘mystery shopper’ program to test services, 7/21/03, 675
Local “living wage” ordinances up close, 12/9/02, 231
New York areas, one-stops to adopt customer tracking cards, 5/5/03, 516
Opposition mounts to closing New York, Seattle offices, 7/14/03, 663
Wage subsidy used to fight NYC’s post 9/11 recession, 2/3/03, 328
Kiwi aid reform relies on case management to lead to work, 4/14/03, 473
N.C. college helps Tina TANF become Harriet Homeowner, 12/2/02, 220
N.C. fatherhood programs seek wages to pay child support, 1/13/03, 284
N.C. twins development with training using tobacco funds, 12/2/02, 212
Overseas TANF call centers raise spectre of exported jobs, 10/28/02, 132
Training, community colleges key to ending welfare need, 11/4/02, 153
WIA helps North Carolina sail rough, shifting economic tide, 1/27/03, 310
Executive management program trains center staff to lead, 4/28/03, 499
Care workers needed, centers envisioned as nation ages, 6/9/03, 599
Employer backs start-up of center’s nursing school, 5/5/03, 521
Hispanics study nursing in two languages at once, 3/10/03, 408
Hospitality provides career ladders for dropouts, others, 8/25/03, 762
Manufacturers aim to solve workforce image problem, 5/5/03, 519
Manufacturing industries show largest job loss in 15 months, 5/12/03, 539
Va. WIB aims to turn Barney Fifes into homeland security officers, 7/28/03, 692
Changes urged for prison laborers, Congress ponders, 9/23/02, 54
Congress begs White House to protect small businesses, 12/2/02, 216
DOL funds builders to replicate Tennessee vocational training, 9/2/02, 6
Offender specialists offer advice on job retention plans, 6/9/03, 601
Released offenders face hard times after doing hard time, 5/12/03, 536
Four states to lose funds under first WIA sanctions, 5/12/03, 531
Long-term study finds “gentler” approach works, 12/23/02, 265
Ohio county engages outreach to clients whose time is up, 11/4/02, 154
See profits as derived from worker skills, leaders urge, 9/30/02, 70
Sanctioned states fix WIA reports, appeal DOL fines, 5/26/03, 563
Anti-poverty venture seeks a beautiful morning for marriage, 7/21/03, 721
Cherokee generate jobs, fight poverty without Tribal TANF, 6/2/03, 584
Care workers needed, centers envisioned as nation ages, 6/9/03, 599
Changes in retirement system urged to retain workers, 12/16/02, 252
DOL proposes performance measures in new SCSEP rules, 5/12/03, 532
ETA to propose rules on UI record use, older workers, TAA, 12/23/02, 263
Expect to work to older age than in the past, GAO says, 6/2/03, 586
Firms employ retirees rather than retain aging workforce, 7/14/03, 667
GAO finds WIA measures may impede seniors’ participation, 2/10/03, 347
Japan, Sweden, U.K. offer differing models for U.S.A., 4/14/03, 474
Judge lets stand competitive redistribution of SCSEP funds, 6/23/03, 629
SCSEP grantmaking adds new providers, prompts lawsuit, 6/16/03, 611
SCSEP redistribution expected to succeed on ground level, 6/30/03, 645
SCSEP program expands reach into faith-based community. 5/5/03, 518
Scientists find few reasons not to hire older workers, 5/26/03, 570
Seniors program weathers downturn embracing business, 2/10/03, 346
A one-stop’s attention led to trucking firm partnership, 7/21/03, 677
Benefits planning finds home in job centers as retention tool, 10/21/02, 122
Career center trains with union values, 1/20/03, 296
Career centers expand role as service ‘hub’ for TANF clients, 6/30/03, 650
Entrepreneurial lending piloted in partnership mix, 12/9/02, 227
ETA pilots ‘mystery shopper’ program to test services, 7/21/03, 675
Firms’ knowledge of centers seen rising; usage still low, 7/28/03, 700
GAO identifies promising WIA implementation practices, 8/4/03, 712
‘Navigators’ to tug disabled, staff through program fog, 8/18/03, 740
New York areas, one-stops to adopt customer tracking cards, 5/5/03, 516
N.J. youth one-stop prepares for first summer at shore, 5/19/03, 553
Reed Act dollars tapped to improve frontline services, 10/14/02, 100
Staff can-do attitude viewed as critical to pleasing employers, 9/9/02, 20
Technology raises wages, saws off Northwest timber jobs, 9/2/02, 9
Conservative presses tough rules, caps in languishing bill, 10/21/02, 119
ETA pilots ‘mystery shopper’ program to test services, 7/21/03, 675
Keystone state forced to defer training for trade layoffs, 5/26/03, 566
Keystone State reps worried over TAA funding shortfall, 5/12/03, 533
Officials find interstate data can boost outcomes report, 10/14/02, 101
Philly program puts business practices to work for clients, 4/28/03, 503
University partnership employs youth to participate in civics, 10/21/02, 121
Administration tightens UI wage data match guidance, 3/10/03, 407
Bay city tests new tool to gauge benefits to business, 1/13/03, 282
DOL’s FY 2004 outcome goals incorporate new measures, 2/17/03, 357
DOL proposes performance measures in new SCSEP rules, 5/12/03, 532
DOL needs to improve training programs, performance measurement, better address emerging workforce issues, 3/3/03, 386
ETA to fund wage record retrieval, muting cost issue, 9/16/02, 41
ETA to honcho OMB’s measures under FY 2004 budget proposal, 2/3/03, 323
ETA to propose rules on UI record use, older workers, TAA, 12/23/02, 263
ETA weighs WIA penalties for 14 repeat underachiever states, 4/14/03, 468
Gifts keep them interested, yield post-program reports, 3/17/03, 427
HHS social safety net’s information sharing and accountability need overhaul, says GAO, 3/10/03, 402
Incentive grants to reward more states this year, 5/26/03, 565
Measures discourage WIBs from training employees, says GAO, 4/28/03, 502
New York areas, one-stops to adopt customer tracking cards, 5/5/03, 516
No hard outcome goals in DOL’s latest strategic plan, 8/18/03, 746
Officials find interstate data can boost outcomes report, 10/14/02, 101
Preliminary PY 2001 WIA annual performance: national roll-up, 3/24/03, 445
Sanctioned states fix WIA reports, appeal DOL fines, 5/26/03, 563
State touts successes, points to weaknesses in OMB plan, 3/24/03, 441
WIA helps North Carolina sail rough, shifting economic tide, 1/27/03, 310
Workgroup collects local, state response to OMB goals, 5/19/03, 548
See REAUTHORIZATION, PERKINS
ESOP or shutdown? Make a study of it, panel recommends, 7/28/03, 697
Business, worker groups agree: UI/ES reform offers half a loaf, 10/7/02, 83
Calif., N.Y. hang onto last resort aid as Govs. slash GA, 5/19/03, 550
Can degrees lift out of poverty or do costs outweigh benefits?, 11/11/02, 170
Cherokee generate jobs, fight poverty without Tribal TANF, 6/2/03, 584
Family budgets show TANF leavers at substandard living, 10/28/02, 136
Housing-aided leavers face hunger, poverty at exit, 3/24/03, 444
N.C. college helps Tina TANF become Harriet Homeowner, 12/2/02, 220
Number of black children living in extreme poverty hit its highest level in 23 years, 5/19/03, 546
Poor swell, earnings fall, Census Bureau reports, 10/7/02, 84
Regional approach urged to lift up Southern TANF blacks, 8/25/03, 760
Jobs for the Future seeks applications for its 2003 Career Advancement Strategy Competition, 5/19/03, 556
Lumina Foundation for Education awards 14 grants $75,000 to Ivy Tech State College, 5/5/03, 524
A one-stop’s attention led to trucking firm partnership, 7/21/03, 677
ETA head explains national business, industry outreach, 7/21/03, 676
Manpower Inc. diversifies its workforce investments, 7/14/03, 661
Maximus gains global reach, Down Under service approach, 10/21/02, 117
No WIA money for temp firms, plead day labor advocates, 6/16/03, 612
Overseas TANF call centers raise spectre of exported jobs, 10/28/02, 132
Tech firm gobbles up major social service providers, 9/16/02, 40
Philly program puts business practices to work for clients, 4/28/03, 503
Screening miscue teaches trainers costly lesson, 5/19/03, 552
Adult ed, literacy efforts help hold jobs, but not get them, 8/11/03, 726
Bay City tests new tool to gauge benefits to business, 1/13/03, 282
ETA weighs WIA penalties for 14 repeat underachiever states, 4/14/03, 468
Four states to lose funds under first WIA sanctions, 5/12/03, 531
OMB plans four job training outcomes for all programs, 11/25/02, 195
Postsecondary Perkins led mainly to jobs, continuing ed, 8/11/03, 727
Preliminary PY 2001 WIA annual performance: national roll-up, 3/24/03, 445
Seniors program weathers downturn embracing business, 2/10/03, 346
State touts successes, points to weaknesses in OMB plan, 3/24/03, 441
Parent-child computer class adds skills at school, work, 6/9/03, 601
Random assignment, profiling bests caseworker intervention, 6/30/03, 651
Third time’s the charm for worksite-based project, 6/16/03, 614
VR clients fared better than eligible nonparticipants, 12/2/02, 214
Work-first approach is ebbing in light of research, guidance, 8/25/03, 763
Credentials Count, 11/11/02, 166
Workforce Investment Act: A First Look at Participation, Demographics, and Services, 4/28/03, 501
Current Federal Unemployment Insurance Program Will Expire in Most States Unless House Passes Senate Bill, 11/25/02, 198
Failing the Unemployed, 12/16/02, 250
New House Unemployment Insurance Proposal is Extraordinarily Limited, 11/25/02, 198
States are Cutting TANF and Child Care Programs, 8/11/03, p. 724
A Baseline Report on State High School Exit Exams, 9/16/02, 42
Benchmarking One-Stop Centers: Understanding Keys to Success, 9/9/02, 20
Helping Disadvantaged Youth Succeed in School, 9/2/02, 8
Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation Program, 12/2/02, 214; 12/16/02, 248
State Strategies for Working With Hard-To-Employ TANF Recipients, 9/16/02, 34
Comprehensive Assessment of Self-Employment Assistance Programs, 9/30/02, 71
Bringing the Jobs Back Home to Prisons, 9/23/02, 55
Department of Health and Human Services: Review of the Management of Inspector General Operations, 6/30/03, 642
Major Management Challenges and Program Risks, 3/3/03, 386
Major Performance and Accountability Challenges, 3/10/03, 402
Many Federal Programs Fund Transportation Services, but Obstacles to Coordination Persist, 5/12/03, 538
Multiple Employment and Training Programs: Funding and Performance Measures for Major Programs, 5/5/03, 523
Retirement Income: Intergenerational Comparisons of Wealth and Future Income, 6/2/03, 586
Welfare Reform: Information on Changing Labor Market and State Fiscal Conditions, 8/11/03, p. 724
Workforce Investment Act: Interim Report on Status of Spending and States’ Available Funds, 9/16/02, 35
Workforce Investment Act: Issues Related to Allocation Formulas for Youth, Adults, and Dislocated Workers, 5/12/03, 534
Workforce Investment Act: States’Spending Is on Track, but Better Guidance Would Improve Financial Reporting, 12/2/02, 211
Workforce Investment Act: One-Stop Centers Implemented Strategies to Strengthen Services and Partnerships, but More Research and Information Sharing Is Needed, 8/4/03, p. 712
Workforce Training: Employed Worker Programs Focus on Business Needs, but Revised Performance Measures Could Improve Access for Some Workers, 4/28/03, 502
Unemployment Insurance: States’ Use of the 2002 Reed Act Distribution, 3/31/03, 450
Congress Spends Billions on Ineffective Job-training Programs, 10/14/02, 98
The Status of Women in the States, 11/25/02, 200
Iowa Families That Left TANF: How Are They Faring Two Years Later? 11/18/02, 182
The Implementation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program, 9/9/02, 19
The Evaluation of Welfare Reform in Iowa: Final Impact Report, 11/18/02, 182
Understanding the Cost of the DOL Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Final Report, 9/9/02, 20
What Can We Expect Under Personal Reemployment Accounts? Predictions and Procedures, 6/30/03, 648
Comparing Outcomes for Los Angeles County’s HUD-Assisted and Unassisted CalWORKsLeavers, 3/24/03, 444
Improving Basic Skills: The Effects of Adult Education in Welfare-to-Work Programs, 9/23/02, 59
The Special Challenges of Offering Employment Programs in Culturally Diverse Communities: The Jobs-Plus Experience in Public Housing Developments, 3/3/03, 388
Semiannual Report to the Congress April 1, 2002-September 30, 2002, 12/16/02, 243
Semiannual Report to Congress No. 45, 12/16/02, 253
Prison Labor: It’s More than Breaking Rocks, 9/23/02, 55
Faith and Action: Implementation of the National Faith-based Initiative for High-risk Youth, 1/27/03, 314
Can Targeting Industries Improve Earnings for Welfare Recipients Moving from Welfare to Work?: Preliminary Findings, 11/4/02, 153
Legal and Institutional Impediments to Partial Retirement and Part-Time Work by Older Workers, 12/16/02, 252
The Role of One-Stop Career Centers in Serving Welfare Recipients in 2002, 6/30/03, 650
Skills Training Works: Examining the Evidence, 166
Back Where We Started Still, 4/14/03, 471
Building a Career Pathways System: Promising Practices in Community College-Centered Workforce Development, 11/4/02, 153
Grow Faster Together or Grow Slowly Apart, 4/28/03, 505
Helping low-wage workers succeed through innovative union partnerships, 1/20/03, 297
How Are States Using Their $8 Billion Reed Act Funds?, 2/24/03, 376
Keeping America in Business: Advancing Workers, Businesses and Economic Growth, 4/28/03, 505
Long-Term Welfare Recipients’ Barriers to Employment, 11/18/02, 182
Manufacturing Matters: California’s Performance and Prospects, 10/7/02, 88
Offender Job Retention, 6/9/03, 602
Paychecks and Poverty: Real Household Budgets of Welfare-to-Work Participants, 10/28/02, 136
State of Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey 2nd Quarter 2002, 9/2/02, 11
Timber in Oregon: History and Projected Trends, 9/2/02, 9
Visions 2020 — Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies, 12/9/02, 232
Welfare Reform and Migration: Moving to Benefits; Moving from Restrictions, 10/7/02, 90
What is the Value Added by Caseworkers? 6/30/03, 651
Worker Center Strategies, 11/11/02, 163
Working with Value: Industry-specific approaches to workforce development, 11/11/02, 165
Youth Tuitionships: An Alternative Funding Arrangement to Improve Markets and Respect Individuals, 12/16/02, 251
Gaining Ground, Moving Up: The Change in the Economic Status of Single Mothers Under Welfare Reform, 5/5/03, 520
Administration plan for voc ed funding draws mixed response, 3/10/03, 406
D’Amico foresees states dropping trade programs, 3/31/03, 452
Groups gear up for WIA-Perkins links in reauthorization debate, 9/2/02, 3
Voc-ed assessors urge caution with accountability measures, 11/4/02, 152
Voc, higher ed lobbies go head-to-head in 2003 review, 1/13/03, 278
Aide anticipates moves to choke off TANF debate, cut WIA funds, 12/23/02, 259
Bush, Congress slouch toward TANF reauthorization round 2, 1/27/03, 307
Circulating Grassley plan could mesh with bipartisan bill, 8/25/03, 759
Congress could miss the June 30 deadline to reauthorize TANF, 5/12/03, 530
Congress extends TANF until Dec. 31, 2002, 10/7/02, 82
Congress readies for second try at welfare reform revision, 1/13/03, 275
Conservative presses tough rules, caps in languishing bill, 10/21/02, 119
Extended UI, revised TANF hang in balance of dueling bills, 11/25/02, 198
Feminist researchers urge Senate to remove a controversial marriage promotion provision from TANF reauthorization, 3/17/03, 418
GOP steamrolls bill to house vote; Dem alternatives fail, 2/24/03, 372
Lawmakers on both sides press for action on reauthorizing TANF, 9/30/02, 66
Letters to Daschle, Sense of the House resolution, 9/23/02, 50
Republicans plan to usher welfare revision bill to House floor without hearings or markups, despite protests, 2/17/03, 354
Smart money is on a one-year reauthorization, 10/21/02, 114
Stakeholders discuss groups’ role in reauthorized programs, 2/17/03, 362
Bush extols PRA plan, urges WIA funding streams merger, 6/30/03, 643
Boehner-McKeon bill closely follows administration outline, 3/24/03, 435
Clinton bill promotes English language services in one-stops, 8/18/03, 738
Congress opens ears to retool workforce investment law, 9/23/02, 51
ETA releases awaited WIA position paper with new details, 3/17/03, 420
ED proposes learning standards for Title II, 8/11/03, 730
Federal officials lay out blueprints for renewed WIA, 10/21/02, 115
Future TANF-WIA links rank top among commenters’ concerns, 2/17/03, 356
Funding streams, performance measures concern senators, 6/30/03, 644
GAO reports decline in number of federal training programs, 5/5/03, 523
Governors press for program investment in worker training, 12/16/02, 243
House WIA bill aims at learning gain measures, not standards, 3/24/03, 436
Little VR change in House bill, 3/24/03, 437
No WIA money for temp firms, plead day labor advocates, 6/16/03, 612
Operators, feds seek system tweaks, greater business role, 1/13/03, 277
Second House revision strips off reemployment accounts, 4/14/03, 467
Spending reports, low training figures top IG’s WIA concerns, 6/16/03, 616
Stakeholders discuss groups’ role in reauthorized programs, 2/17/03, 362
Stakeholders oppose Wagner-Peyser repeal in House bill, 5/5/03, 515
State standards, business participation sought in Title II, 3/17/03, 423
Senators revisit DOL spending claims; House Dems see cuts, 3/17/03, 419
Senators weigh one-stop funds, drop single block grant, PRA, 8/25/03, 755
Subpanel bill changes one-stop funding, redefines ‘obligation,’ 3/31/03, 451
UI extension, sectarian hiring narrow favorable House vote, 5/19/03, 547
Workgroup collects local, state response to OMB goals, 5/19/03, 548
WIA funds do not follow workforce needs, says GAO, 5/12/03, 534
Boosting UI trusts seen as most common use of Reed Act funds, 2/24/03, 376
Democrats press UI extension upon learning that only a small proportion of Reed Act money has been spent by states, 3/31/03, 450
Granite State adds to federal UI extension with Reed funds, 7/28/03, 695
Reed Act dollars tapped to improve frontline services, 10/14/02, 100
352, containing 2003 WIA System Directories, directories of Employment & Training Administration Regional Office Administrators, Women’s Bureau Regional Office Administrators, Bureau of Labor Statistics Regional Offices, State Directors of Vocational Education, Administration for Children and Families Regional Office Administrators, State Human Services Administrators, Welfare Interest Groups, 2/3/03
353, containing ETA Program Year 2002 and Program Year 2003 Allotments, ETA Program Year 2002 Rescission, Lower Living Standard Income Levels 2003, State Dislocated Worker Units, Map of ETA Regions and and Organizational Chart, Job Corps Regional Offices and Centers, Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, and minor revisions to tables of contents, 6/16/03
ACF to focus rulemaking on child support, 12/23/02, 264
ETA to propose rules on UI record use, older workers, TAA, 12/23/02, 263
TAA, UI disclosure, charitable choice top planned rules, 6/2/03, 581
ED seeks comments on proposed rule concerning an amendment to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 8/4/03, 717
What’s a participant? Social Security wants to know, 8/18/03, 741
Revised instructions for state and local WIA financial reports, 11/25/02, 194
Rural schools press for help in mostly urban states, 3/24/03, 438
Service learning finds a place in work readiness, Career Ed, 6/2/03, 583
Entrepreneurial lending piloted in partnership mix, 12/9/02, 227
National board to determine skill standards’ standards, 9/16/02, 38
Simulator helps seafarers navigate to ship pilot jobs, 9/23/02, 53
National board to determine skill standards’ standards, 9/16/02, 38
Executive management program trains center staff to lead, 4/28/03, 499
Reed Act dollars tapped to improve frontline services, 10/14/02, 100
Gov. Davis moves workforce programs into superagency, 9/16/02, 36
City officials worry over shortage of summer jobs, 6/9/03, 595
Decline of youth participation accelerates in jobless summer, 8/25/03, 757
N.J. youth one-stop prepares for first summer at shore, 5/19/03, 553
Summer business camp builds attitudinal self-help, 10/28/02, 134
1 in 3 displaced workers from manufacturing, says BLS study, 9/16/02, 43
Survey: few hit time limits, 9/9/02, 28
Urban schools outpace rural schools in demand training, 9/2/02, 7
Japan, Sweden, U.K. offer differing models for U.S.A., 4/14/03, 474
See REAUTHORIZATION, TANF
IRS helps poorer taxpayers lower liability, get refunds, 4/28/03, 500
IRS plans to add paperwork for poor people claiming credits, 6/23/03, 632
Advocates prep Congress on e-learning for higher education, 10/7/02, 89
Demand high for Fla. incumbent worker training program, 12/9/02, 234
Parent-child computer class adds skills at school, work, 6/9/03, 601
Sci-fi future of training presented by Commerce Dept., 12/9/02, 232
Visas cede U.S. skilled, high-wage jobs, Congress told, 6/30/03, 647
See also REAUTHORIZATION, TANF
ACF to focus rulemaking on child support, 12/23/02, 264
Appeals court sets precedent allowing client drug tests, 11/4/02, 147
Appeals court shutters Michigan drug testing, 4/21/03, 487
Board duns county for missed goals; workers face pink slips, 11/18/02, 179
Career centers expand role as service ‘hub’ for TANF clients, 6/30/03, 650
Circulating Grassley plan could mesh with bipartisan bill, 8/25/03, 759
Community services enlarged; child care, services kept level, 7/14/03, 660
Concern focuses on UI’s role keeping TANF leavers off rolls, 12/16/02, 250
Congress readies for second try at welfare reform revision, 1/13/03, 275
Expert sees program spaghetti where others see safety net, 5/26/03, 567
Experts offer states’ solutions to TANF cases hitting time limits, 3/31/03, 458
ETA to honcho OMB’s measures under FY 2004 budget proposal, 2/3/03, 323
Family budgets show TANF leavers at substandard living, 10/28/02, 136
Future TANF-WIA links rank top among commenters’ concerns, 2/17/03, 356
GOP steamrolls bill to house vote; Dem alternatives fail, 2/24/03, 372
Indiana lawmakers press for TANF for drug offenders, 3/17/03, 428
It wasn’t the economy, says Herger-touted study on gains, 5/5/03, 520
Long-term study finds “gentler” approach works, 12/23/02, 265
Merging TANF, WIA draws cheers, jeers from all sides, 1/20/03, 294
Neb. schooling sample for TANF clients becomes full program, 11/25/02, 202
Ohio county engages outreach to clients whose time is up, 11/4/02, 154
OMB plans four job training outcomes for all programs, 11/25/02, 195
One-stop volunteer work beefs up clients’ resumés, 11/25/02, 201
Public aid tries profiling to rush help to riskiest cases, 9/9/02, 23
Residents get TANF-to-tech training in public housing, 10/14/02, 105
Smart money is on a one-year reauthorization, 10/21/02, 114
State, cabinet agencies tap TANF, WIA, education resources, 9/30/02, 68
States shuffle welfare services to pay for 2001 rise, avoid squeeze, 10/7/02, 91
States stress learning work by doing, linking TANF, adult ed, 9/23/02, 58
Study proves states vied to be strictest, push out recipients, 10/7/02, 90
TANF sanctions linked to incidence of child illnesses, 11/25/02, 202
Tenn. client barriers lift with “whole person” counseling, 9/30/02, 74
Trumpeted drop in caseload fans Washington debate, 2/24/03, 377
Washington caseworkers flunk customer survey, 118
A one-stop’s attention led to trucking firm partnership, 7/21/03, 677
DOL funds builders to replicate Tennessee vocational training, 9/2/02, 6
Grant helped launch new links, centers, services, savvier staff, 10/28/02, 135
Overseas TANF call centers raise spectre of exported jobs, 10/28/02, 132
Summer business camp builds attitudinal self-help, 10/28/02, 134
Tenn. client barriers lift with “whole person” counseling, 9/30/02, 74
Board duns county for missed goals; workers face pink slips, 11/18/02, 179
Business-boosted advanced courses lure students, 9/23/02, 57
States use varying means to fund non-WIA programs, 3/24/03, 439
Training provider lists may be addressed during rewrite, 11/4/02, 151
DOL referral service connects with employment networks, 12/16/02, 246
Officials plan to help job providers capitalize, 2/17/03, 355
Panel identifies front-end funding as bar to EN role, 6/2/03, 579
Phase II begins in Virginia as program adds 20 states, D.C., 11/25/02, 197
Providers take in revenue as new program passes 15 months, 5/26/03, 569
Stakeholders explore VR’s role in ticket, 6/9/03, 596
State VR agencies become box office hit with Ticket holders, 9/9/02, 26
Study examines making program payment choices by client type, 11/11/02, 167
What’s a participant? Social Security wants to know, 8/18/03, 741
Feds stress rapid placement by one-stops for trade-displaced, 11/4/02, 149
Keystone State forced to defer training for trade layoffs, 5/26/03, 566
Keystone State reps worried over TAA funding shortfall, 5/12/03, 533
Steel-consuming firms say U.S. tariff is costing jobs, 10/7/02, 92
TAA, UI disclosure, charitable choice top planned rules, 6/2/03, 581
Little-noticed guidance raises ruckus in Grand Canyon State, 6/23/03, 631
Panel identifies front-end funding as bar to EN role, 6/2/03, 579
Providers take in revenue as new program passes 15 months, 5/26/03, 569
See APPRENTICESHIPS; JOB CORPS; WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
Changes in retirement system urged to retain workers, 12/16/02, 252
Clients try out new skills at suburban thrift shop, 10/28/02, 138
Food service trainees go from grapevines to table wines, 9/2/02, 5
H-1B grants help locals build relationships with firms, 11/4/02, 149
Retention is shared trait among PEPNet awardees, 9/23/02, 56
One-stop volunteer work beefs up clients’ resumés, 11/25/02, 201
See VOUCHERS, Training
Feds lose track of transit spending in social services, 5/12/03, 539
GAO, Heritage papers offer two sides of child care crisis, 6/9/03, 603
IRS helps poorer taxpayers lower liability, get refunds, 4/28/03, 500
Transit programs move people to work but not off rolls, 3/31/03, 454
Work-bound clients get a whole new look, wardrobe, 12/9/02, 233
Feds lose track of transit spending in social services, 5/12/03, 538
Transit programs move people to work but not off rolls, 3/31/03, 454
A bill to pay for the war in Iraq includes an increase in UI benefits for workers laid off from the airline industry, 4/28/03, 498
Analysts view extended UI as key countercyclical relief, 6/2/03, 582
Boosting UI trusts seen as most common use of Reed Act funds, 2/24/03, 376
Bush, Democrats press for differing benefits extension, 12/23/02, 259
Business, worker groups agree: UI/ES reform offers half a loaf, 10/7/02, 83
Claimants “audition” for jobs while still collecting benefits, 7/28/03, 691
Concern focuses on UI’s role keeping TANF leavers off rolls, 12/16/02, 250
Congress looks at misuse of state UI, 7/14/03, 658
DOL moves to revoke the so-called “baby UI” policy, 12/9/02, 226
Democrats press UI extension upon learning that only a small proportion of Reed Act money has been spent by states, 3/31/03, 450
Democrats, jobless witnesses press for another extension, 4/21/03, 488
Emergency benefits extension reflects least-aid compromise, 6/2/03, 580
Emergency UI benefit program extended to help jobless, 1/20/03, 299
Extended UI, revised TANF hang in balance of dueling bills, 11/25/02, 198
Fed chief open to extending UI program to help jobless, 11/25/02, 199
Granite state adds to federal UI extension with Reed funds, 7/28/03, 695
Jobless face no “mild recession,” economist say, 12/2/02, 210
Jobless Sept. 11 survivor pleads for extended benefits, 9/23/02, 52
Johnny may come home jobless, House warned; some slots held, 8/4/03, 708
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle call for an extension of unemployment insurance benefits, 10/28/02, 130
Locals raise questions about reemployment accounts, 2/3/03, 324
Officials revisit profiling, reemployment studies, 3/10/03, 404
Reed Act dollars tapped to improve frontline services, 10/14/02, 100
Second House revision strips off reemployment accounts, 4/14/03, 467
Secretary of labor tones down administration’s stance on benefits extension, 3/24/03, 434
Stalled economy has dimmed the reemployment prospects of jobless workers, 11/11/02, 162
Stimulus plan adds $3.6 billion for training, services vouchers, 1/20/03, 292
TAA, UI disclosure, charitable choice top planned rules, 6/2/03, 581
UI extension, sectarian hiring narrow favorable House vote, 5/19/03, 547
WIA-funded self-employment programs face data issues, 9/30/02, 71
See also LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
7 percent rates seen in cities, 8/18/03, 747
Bantam shifts in steady market, 11/11/02, 172
Cities report rates stuck high, 6/23/03, 636
City officials worry over shortage of summer jobs, 6/9/03, 595
December metro rates dipped, 3/3/03, 396
Increases in state rates reported sharper than drops, 5/19/03, 555
Job losses hit new high, 7/14/03, 665
Jobless face no “mild recession,” economist say, 12/2/02, 210
Jobless rates rise over the month in most states, says BLS, 6/9/03, 603
Jobless Sept. 11 survivor pleads for extended benefits, 9/23/02, 52
Labor force shrinks as job losses go on for second year, 4/14/03, 475
Large cities see job losses, 5/5/03, 523
Largest drop in jobless rate since 1998; survey tool revised, 2/17/03, 363
Long-term unemployed still jobless, newly laid-off rehired, 8/11/03, 731
Manufacturing industries show largest job loss in 15 months, 5/12/03, 539
Metro rates mostly dip by small margin in September, 11/18/02, 187
Metro rates rise over year in August, 10/21/02, 124
Metro rates seesaw from last year, 12/9/02, 235
More cities see jobless rates over 7 percent, 7/21/03, 682
Most state rates stay put, 9/2/02, 12
Most state rates stay put, 11/4/02, 155
Most states report higher rates over the year, 9/30/02, 75
National jobless rate stable, though job losses climb, 1/20/03, 298
National rate hits 9-year high, 6/16/03, 618
Northeast gained in January while rates dropped elsewhere, 3/31/03, 459
November’s 6 percent is not spread across country, 1/13/03, 280
Number of long-term jobless falls in August, says BLS, 9/16/02, 44
Ranks of unemployed shot up in February while rate stayed flat, 3/17/03, 428
Rates drop for most cities, 9/9/02, 28
Rate drop linked to teens, long-term joblessness still high, 10/14/02, 106
Rates highest in northwest, 12/2/02, 212
Rate jumps to recession high; factory, retail jobs shed, 12/16/02, 245
Regional, state jobless rates stable in February, says BLS, 4/28/03, 507
Small upward state shifts seen, 7/28/03, 700
State rates rise slightly, a few feel pinch, 2/3/03, 332
Western states see jobless rate rise; D.C. drops most, 6/30/03, 653
Youth unemployment rate up 2 percentage points, 9/2/02, 2
Career center trains with union values, 1/20/03, 296
Grass seen greener with union, 2/3/03, 330
Labor Day 2002 forecasts see gloomy present, rosier future, 9/9/02, 22
Unionization key to raising quality of jobs, says official, 1/20/03, 297
Japan, Sweden, U.K. offer differing models for U.S.A., 4/14/03, 474
ETA pilots ‘mystery shopper’ program to test services, 7/21/03, 675
Jobs for Veterans Act signed into law (PL 107-288), 12/9/02, 236
Johnny may come home jobless, House warned; some slots held, 8/4/03, 708
Plans weighed for Johnny to march home to a teaching job, 4/21/03, 483
Senate approves Jobs for Veterans Act by unanimous consent, 11/18/02, 188
Veterans who qualify for workforce programs must be served ahead of other clients, 7/21/03, 674
Phase II begins in Virginia as program adds 20 states, D.C., 11/25/02, 197
Skills delivery at work site may aid retention, career advance, 6/9/03, 597
“Training first” takes off in outreach to military spouses, 1/27/03, 307
Va. WIB aims to turn Barney Fifes into homeland security officers, 7/28/03, 692
Administration plan for voc ed funding draws mixed response, 3/10/03, 406
At-risk students come to class to build California charter, 1/27/03, 312
Auto internship alliance may cover nation by year’s end, 11/18/02, 180
Bush OVAE head resigns with Perkins revamp on table, 6/9/03, 594
D’Amico foresees states dropping trade programs, 3/31/03, 452
Eligibility changes could deny study funds to WIA customers, 8/4/03, 711
ETA to honcho OMB’s measures under FY 2004 budget proposal, 2/3/03, 323
Federal funding role seen as critical to revitalizing technical ed, 6/23/03, 628
‘FED UP’ bill aims to cut red tape, 2/3/03, 326
GOP congressman presses ED secretary on voc-ed cuts, 3/17/03, 424
Groups gear up for WIA-Perkins links in reauthorization debate, 9/2/02, 3
HEA revision continues with Pell tweaking, loan write-offs, 8/4/03, 709
Occupational schools flagged for too much federal funding, 6/16/03, 617
Paige readies funding deal, 4/14/03, 472
Pell beats Perkins in budget, 2/10/03, 340
Pell wins big, voc ed gains, 7/14/03, 659
Postsecondary Perkins led mainly to jobs, continuing ed, 8/11/03, 727
Sci-fi future of training presented by Commerce Dept., 12/9/02, 232
Student loan defaulting increases with recession, 10/7/02, 85
Tech ed delivery affects class demographics, researchers say, 9/2/02, 8
Title IX compliance reviews for voc ed halted since Bush oath, 10/14/02, 99
Urban schools outpace rural schools in demand training, 9/2/02, 7
Voc-ed assessors urge caution with accountability measures, 11/4/02, 152
Voc-ed sex discrimination becomes a fed hot potato, 7/14/03, 666
Voc, higher ed lobbies go head-to-head in 2003 review, 1/13/03, 278
White House proposes to shift the Education Department’s vocational and adult education programs into the Department of Labor, 12/16/02, 242
Wyoming prices voc ed students at 129 percent of their peers, 3/31/03, 453
Advocates prep Congress on e-learning for higher education, 10/7/02, 89
Expert outlines seven steps to “reasonable accommodation,” 9/9/02, 25
Little VR change in House bill, 3/24/03, 437
‘Navigators’ to tug disabled, staff through program fog, 8/18/03, 740
Officials plan to help job providers capitalize, 2/17/03, 355
Stakeholders explore VR’s role in ticket, 6/9/03, 596
State VR agencies become box office hit with Ticket holders, 9/9/02, 26
Study examines making program payment choices by client type, 11/11/02, 167
VR clients fared better than eligible nonparticipants, 12/2/02, 214
VR seen shining light on esteem, counselor-client relationships, 12/16/02, 248
What’s a participant? Social Security wants to know, 8/18/03, 741
Bush extols PRA plan, urges WIA funding streams merger, 6/30/03, 643
Cashable voucher proposal passes panel on party-line vote, 3/10/03, 403
House Dems question DOL chief over reemployment accounts, 2/24/03, 371
House Republicans unveil the administration’s personal reemployment account proposal, 2/10/03, 338
Keep PRA simple to speed start-up, advises paper, 6/30/03, 648
Locals raise questions about reemployment accounts, 2/3/03, 324
Officials revisit profiling, reemployment studies, 3/10/03, 404
PRA bill heads for house floor, 3/17/03, 421
Second House revision strips off reemployment accounts, 4/14/03, 467
Senators revisit DOL spending claims; House Dems see cuts, 3/17/03, 419
Stimulus plan adds $3.6 billion for training, services vouchers, 1/20/03, 292
Grass seen greener with union, 2/3/03, 330
“Living wage” movement makes incremental gains locally, 12/9/02, 230
Local “living wage” ordinances up close, 12/9/02, 231
Unionization key to raising quality of jobs, says official, 1/20/03, 297
Little-noticed guidance raises ruckus in Grand Canyon State, 6/23/03, 631
Training provider lists may be addressed during rewrite, 11/4/02, 151
A bill to pay for the war in Iraq includes an increase in UI benefits for workers laid off from the airline industry, 4/28/03, 498
Democrats protest planned closure of four DOL regional offices, 6/2/03, 578
Housing job programs aim to bridge cultures, job market, 3/3/03, 388
Opposition mounts to closing New York, Seattle offices, 7/14/03, 663
State touts successes, points to weaknesses in OMB plan, 3/24/03, 441
Unions reach accord with ETA; office closure policy disputed, 8/18/03, 738
Washington caseworkers flunk customer survey, 118
Bay City groups link up to train workers for legal careers, 4/21/03, 490
Job Opportunities for Low Income Individuals (JOLI) nets full-time job creation for TANF clients, 10/7/02, 86
Jury is still out on grant program effectiveness, 9/9/02, 19
Minn. Gov. stresses “work first” in proposed stringent rules, 2/17/03, 358
Most states lack resources to serve welfare clients with barriers, says IG, 9/16/02, 34
Public aid tries profiling to rush help to riskiest cases, 9/9/02, 23
States stress learning work by doing, linking TANF, adult ed, 9/23/02, 58
Tech firm gobbles up major social service providers, 9/16/02, 40
Third time’s the charm for worksite-based project, 6/16/03, 614
Wisconsin jobs serve as work tryout, source of soft skills, 8/11/03, 729
Work-bound clients get a whole new look, wardrobe, 12/9/02, 233
Anti-poverty venture seeks a beautiful morning for marriage, 7/21/03, 721
Bush, Congress slouch toward TANF reauthorization round 2, 1/27/03, 307
Bush tapped poverty office’s funds to defray trips to political campaign sites, 7/28/03, 690
Caseload analysis contest settles on the same set of numbers but not on their meaning, 4/21/03, 482
Clients try out new skills at suburban thrift shop, 10/28/02, 138
Conservative presses tough rules, caps in languishing bill, 10/21/02, 119
Does marriage promotion really lead to poverty drop?, 3/31/03, 456
Executive pay among Wisconsin welfare groups top governor’s, 4/14/03, 470
Experts offer states’ solutions to TANF cases hitting time limits, 3/31/03, 458
Family budgets show TANF leavers at substandard living, 10/28/02, 136
Feds seeking ways to expand grant access to FBOs, 10/28/02, 138
GAO sees states dip into TANF surpluses as job losses grow, 8/11/03, 724
Georgia out-of-time clients get coordinated TANF, WIA aid, 3/24/03, 435
GOP steamrolls bill to house vote; Dem alternatives fail, 2/24/03, 372
Grant helped launch new links, centers, services, savvier staff, 10/28/02, 135
Housing-aided leavers face hunger, poverty at exit, 3/24/03, 444
Iowa welfare reform: a matured system?, 11/18/02, 182
It wasn’t the economy, says Herger-touted study on gains, 5/5/03, 520
Job Opportunities for Low Income Individuals (JOLI) nets full-time job creation for TANF clients, 10/7/02, 86
Kiwi aid reform relies on case management to lead to work, 4/14/03, 473
Maximus gains global reach, Down Under service approach, 10/21/02, 117
N.C. college helps Tina TANF become Harriet Homeowner, 12/2/02, 220
N.C. fatherhood programs seek wages to pay child support, 1/13/03, 284
Overseas TANF call centers raise spectre of exported jobs, 10/28/02, 132
Policies fail to make grade for teens, MDRC study finds, 9/30/02, 69
Poor swell, earnings fall, Census Bureau reports, 10/7/02, 84
Program revision cuts fat, rounds up the eligible, 12/2/02, 218
Reform failed to cut aid to immigrants, advocates charge, 4/14/03, 471
Republicans plan to usher welfare revision bill to House floor without hearings or markups, despite protests, 2/17/03, 354
Rules motivate leavers, stayers more than money, 3/10/03, 410
Smart money is on a one-year reauthorization, 10/21/02, 114
Study proves states vied to be strictest, push out recipients, 10/7/02, 90
Transit programs move people to work but not off rolls, 3/31/03, 454
Survey: few hit time limits, 9/9/02, 28
Training, community colleges key to ending welfare need, 11/4/02, 153
Four states to lose funds under first WIA sanctions, 5/12/03, 531
Sanctioned states fix WIA reports, appeal DOL fines, 5/26/03, 563
See REAUTHORIZATION, WIA
Executive pay among Wisconsin welfare groups top governor’s, 4/14/03, 470
Wisconsin jobs serve as work tryout, source of soft skills, 8/11/03, 729
Wisconsin program helps refugees start own businesses, 11/11/02, 168
Entrepreneurs encourage Baltimore clients’ firms, 5/12/03, 535
Feminist researchers urge Senate to remove a controversial marriage promotion provision from TANF reauthorization, 3/17/03, 418
Nationwide disparity between men and women persists, Mississippi rated worst 11/25/02, 200
Title IX compliance reviews for voc ed halted since Bush oath, 10/14/02, 99
Voc-ed sex discrimination becomes a Fed hot potato, 7/14/03, 666
Wisconsin jobs serve as work tryout, source of soft skills, 8/11/03, 729
Training seen as better ticket to good jobs than “work first,” 11/11/02, 165
Work-first approach is ebbing in light of research, guidance, 8/25/03, 763
Gov. Davis moves workforce programs into superagency, 9/16/02, 36
HR exec urges disability groups to intervene in hiring process, 10/28/02, 132
See also REAUTHORIZATION, WIA
Aide anticipates moves to choke off TANF debate, cut WIA funds, 12/23/02, 259
Boehner-McKeon bill closely follows administration outline, 3/24/03, 435
Congress offers more than Bush, less than last year, 7/14/03, 659
Decline of youth participation accelerates in jobless summer, 8/25/03, 757
DOL issues non-discrimination checklist for WIA activities, 8/11/03, 722
Eligibility changes could deny study funds to WIA customers, 8/4/03, 711
ETA official blames locals for faulty WIA spending figures, 10/28/02, 131
ETA reorganization includes third deputy assistant secretary, 9/9/02, 18
Federal officials lay out blueprints for renewed WIA, 10/21/02, 115
FY 2004 budget would merge adults, dislocated worker, ES, 2/10/03, 339
Funding streams, performance measures concern senators, 6/30/03, 644
GAO finds WIA measures may impede seniors’ participation, 2/10/03, 347
GAO identifies promising WIA implementation practices, 8/4/03, 712
Grantees wonder when Chao will awaken sleeping panel, 9/2/02, 4
Groups gear up for WIA-Perkins links in reauthorization debate, 9/2/02, 3
Incentive grants to reward more states this year, 5/26/03, 565
Little-noticed guidance raises ruckus in Grand Canyon State, 6/23/03, 631
Merging TANF, WIA draws cheers, jeers from all sides, 1/20/03, 294
Mounting doubts concerning Labor’s defense of WIA cuts, 9/23/02, 50
Number of trainees dropped in transition from JTPA to WIA, 4/28/03, 501
OMB plans four job training outcomes for all programs, 11/25/02, 195
Operators, feds seek system tweaks, greater business role, 1/13/03, 277
Preliminary PY 2001 WIA annual performance: national roll-up, 3/24/03, 445
Services community objects to program changes, budget cuts, 3/17/03, 425
Spending reports, low training figures top IG’s WIA concerns, 6/16/03, 616
State, Cabinet agencies tap TANF, WIA, education resources, 9/30/02, 68
Subpanel bill changes one-stop funding, redefines ‘obligation,’ 3/31/03, 451
“Training first” takes off in outreach to military spouses, 1/27/03, 307
Veterans who qualify for workforce programs must be served ahead of other clients, 7/21/03, 674
Work-first approach is ebbing in light of research, guidance, 8/25/03, 763
WIA helps North Carolina sail rough, shifting economic tide, 1/27/03, 310
WIA-funded self-employment programs face data issues, 9/30/02, 71
WIA funds do not follow workforce needs, says GAO, 5/12/03, 534
Boehner-McKeon bill closely follows administration outline, 3/24/03, 435
Hartford WIB focuses on youth, 12/23/02, 260
Measures discourage WIBs from training employees, says GAO, 4/28/03, 502
WIB, college, GEICO team up to prepare insurance agents, 1/27/03, 311
Wyoming prices voc ed students at 129 percent of their peers, 3/31/03, 453
At-risk students come to class to build California charter, 1/27/03, 312
Auto internship alliance may cover nation by year’s end, 11/18/02, 180
Americorps seen having room to grow as funds increase, 2/10/03, 3
Boxing legend thanks Job Corps for direction, 8/4/03, 706
Business-boosted advanced courses lure students, 9/23/02, 57
City officials worry over shortage of summer jobs, 6/9/03, 595
Conservation Corps at a glance, 2/24/03, 374
DOL funds builders to replicate Tennessee vocational training, 9/2/02, 6
Former YO participant enters first year at West Point, 12/23/02
Funding crisis predicted to affect employment programs, 8/4/03, 707
Free college courses offered after high school diploma, 8/25/03, 756
Gifts keep them interested, yield post-program reports, 3/17/03, 427
Guide offers effective gambits for handling youthful clients, 2/17/03, 359
Hartford WIB focuses on youth, 12/23/02, 260
Is U.S. growing educationally? 5/19/03, 554
Most early post-high-school leavers sought degree, 3/3/03, 393
National volunteers reach out to youth-employing Corps, 2/24/03, 373
N.J. youth one-stop prepares for first summer at shore, 5/19/03, 553
Pa. Local plan seeks WIA partners, 2/24/03, 375
Retention is shared trait among PEPNet awardees, 9/23/02, 56
School job access needed to impart world-of-work skills, 10/21/02, 116
Services community objects to program changes, budget cuts, 3/17/03, 425
Service learning finds a place in work readiness, Career Ed, 6/2/03, 583
Spring break volunteers lend youthful energy to Fla. system, 4/21/03, 490
State, cabinet agencies tap TANF, WIA, education resources, 9/30/02, 68
Summer business camp builds attitudinal self-help, 10/28/02, 134
Tests may push youths out, 9/16/02, 41
Theorist urges paying for training with school funds, 12/16/02, 250
Title IX compliance reviews for voc ed halted since Bush oath, 10/14/02, 99
Yo! participants challenged to prove their career skills, 8/11/03, 727
Youth unemployment rate up 2 percentage points, 9/2/02, 2
Youth found lacking financial savvy to tap training, schools, 2/3/03, 331
Summer business camp builds attitudinal self-help, 10/28/02, 134
Teens tackle tough topics for Hartford newspaper, 10/14/02, 102
University partnership employs youth to participate in civics, 10/21/02, 121