Government Relations Report: May-June 2016
FY 2017 Appropriations This week the Senate Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee marked up its bill for the coming year. The bill was premised on the Budget agreement reached last year...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: June-July 2016
Attention in Washington is increasingly focused on the Presidential campaigns and the November elections. Next week Congress adjourns for almost two months (July 18-September 5), for the conventions...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: Year-end Wrap Up
On December 18th, the President signed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016,” (HR 2029) which funds the entire federal government for all of fiscal year (FY) 2016. Passage of the bill followed...
View ArticleNew FAQ on One-Stop Infrastructure Costs Under WIOA
Yesterday the Departments of Labor and Education released a new FAQ on local funding agreements for one-stop infrastructure costs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Of...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: January-February 2016
January was relatively quiet. Congress was on recess for a good part of the month and was, in any event, basking in the glow of completing a Budget agreement, implementing that agreement in the...
View ArticleFinal WIOA Unified and Combined State Plan Requirements Released
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor, in coordination with the U.S. Departments of Education, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture, released the final...
View ArticleHow Workforce Can Partner with Adult Education
A recent episode of the Workforce Central podcast features an interview with Jeff Carter, the Executive Director of The National Council of State Directors of Adult Education. Jeff discusses the...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: February 2016
The elation that accompanied the signing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act has been short-lived. That legislation reflected a new two-year agreement (Bipartisan Budget Act or BBA) between the...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: March 2016
Funding for FY 2017 was supposed to be easy and noncontroversial. After all, at the end of last year, the Administration and the Congress agreed on a two-year budget and appropriations deal that...
View ArticleGovernment Relations Report: April 2016
Appropriations The Congress, when it is in session, is continuing to consider FY 2017 Appropriations bills. It appears that the House and Senate may consider the Labor-HHS Appropriations bill in late...
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