U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Room E-350
Boston, MA 02203

 

 

DWS/OSS/BOS-L2007-490052-TM

 

 

 

WORKFORCE SYSTEMS LETTER NO.:  07-10, Change 1

 

DATE:                        May 22, 2007

 

EFFECT:        ACTION                                INFO               ATTACHMENTS

                          [X]     All Formula                    [X]                            [X]

                                    Grantees

                          [X]     All WIA                          [X]                            [X]

                                    Grantees

                          [X]     UI Directors                  [X]                            [X]

 

SUBJECT:      MAKING THE CONNECTION: NEW STRATEGIES FOR REEMPLOYING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) CLAIMANTS IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY CONFERENCE (June 26 – 27, 2007)

                                                                                                                                               

 

1.       Purpose:

  • To remind grantees of the upcoming regional conference regarding the reemployment of laid-off workers, including those receiving unemployment compensation, those that are dislocated and/or trade-impacted workers;
  • To announce the extension of the meeting registration and hotel reservation due dates to June 1st and June 8th, respectively; and
  • To provide an updated version of the draft agenda.

 

2.       Background:  The changing global economy challenges our workforce system to look to innovative approaches in our service delivery strategy to respond to needs of dislocated workers and UI claimants.  The current and projected labor/skills shortages provide new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.  This event will enable networking among workforce partners who focus on reemploying our customers, learning about new tools and their application, and sharing of creative approaches to achieve our unified reemployment mission.

 

3.       Target Audience:  The conference and workshops are designed for both leaders and experts interested in providing reemployment services to UI claimants and/or dislocated workers.  This is a working session to bring together policy-makers and program experts to explore new ways of effectively re-employing unemployed workers.  UI Directors, TAA Directors, Dislocated Worker Program Directors, and WIA/ES Directors and their staff who are responsible for leading reemployment initiatives, state leaders from the workforce development system, and members of state and local Workforce Investment Boards are needed to bring all perspectives to the issue and will benefit from attendance at this important conference. 

 

4.       Logistics:  The conference will be held on June 26 – 27, 2007 at the Century House in Latham, New York.  The hotel is five miles from the Albany (NY) Airport.  The meeting will begin at 8:30am on June 26th and conclude by 3:30pm on June 27th.  To register for the meeting, please complete and fax the attached form to Ms. Marlene Cowan at 617-788-0125.  by June 1, 2007. 

 

To make hotel reservations, please contact the Century House (http://www.thecenturyhouse.com) at

888-674-6873.  A block of rooms is being held under the name, “US Department of Labor.”  All hotel rooms are being reserved at the Federal per diem rate of $103, plus 14% tax.  Hotel reservations are the responsibility of each attendee and must be made no later than June 8, 2007.  After this date, special rates and/or availability cannot be guaranteed.  In order to guarantee your room, please be sure to provide a major credit card when making your reservation.  Room and tax charges, along with all incidental charges, are the responsibility of each individual and must be paid upon departure. 

 

5.       Inquiries:  If you have any questions concerning logistics, please contact Ms. Cowan at 617-788-0158. If you have questions concerning programmatic content, please contact  Ms. Amanda Shaffer at 617-788-0115.  

 

 

 

 

Grace A. Kilbane

Regional Administrator

 

Attachment

 

 

DRAFT AGENDA

(dated 5/18/07)

Making the Connection: New Strategies for Reemploying Unemployment Insurance Claimants in the New Global Economy

 

Latham, New York

 

DAY 1

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Welcome & Introduction

8:45 am - 9:45 am

 

Unemployment in the New U.S. Economy

Erica Groshen (invited)

Vice President
Director of Regional Outreach
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

9:45 am – 10:45 am

 

 

Major Influences: The WIRED Regional Economy and Trade

Gay Gilbert

Administrator

Office of Workforce Investment
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

10:45 am - 11:00 am

BREAK

11:00 pm - 12:30 pm   Workshops

The Gateway to Workforce Development:  Layoff Aversion through Rapid Response/ Worksharing

·          Ken Messina

MA Rapid Resp Coord

·          Andrea Slusarz,

CT Rapid Resp Coord

Connecting Talent to High Growth Jobs – Use of AutoCoder

 

·          Ray Filippone

RI Asst Dir of Income Support

·          Kathy Partington

RI NetworkRI Coordinator

Transitioning UI Claimants through Skills Upgrades to Advanced Manufacturing

 

·          Pam Nabors

Capital Workforce Partners

·          Mike Cooper

Waterbury METAL project

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

LUNCH

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm   Workshops

 

Connecting Businesses and UI Claimants to In-Demand Occupations

·          Pam Frugoli

Manpower Analyst Team Lead

Office of Workforce Investment
Employment & Training Admin

U.S. Department of Labor

Making the Leap: Linking UI Claimants to Entrepreneurial Training

·          Jack Benus

Impaq International

·          Judy Pellettier

ME Trade program Coordinator

·           

NJ SEA Coordinator

Bridging the gap: Performance Accountability for UI Claimant Reemployment

·          Mary Kelly

NY Performance

Ithica Local Area

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

BREAK

3:15 pm - 4:45 pm   Workshops

Transitioning UI Claimants through Skills Upgrades to Advanced Manufacturing

 

·          Pam Nabors

Capital Workforce Partners

·          Mike Cooper

Waterbury METAL project

Our Response to Reconnecting UI Claimants with the One-Stops

 

·          Jack Benus

Impaq International

·          Laura Boyett

ME UI Director

 

What’s your State’s Investment in Reemploying UI Claimants?

 

 

·          TBA

 

DAY 2

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2007

 

8:30 am - 9:15 am

 

Federal Legislative Initiatives

Cheryl Atkinson

Administrator

Office of Workforce Security
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

9:15 am - 10:00 am

 

 

The Changing Characteristics of the UI claimant throughout the Years

Sigurd R. Nilsen, Ph.D.

Director

Education, Workforce, and Income Security

U.S. General Accounting Office

10:00 am - 10:15 am

BREAK

10:15 am - 11:45 am

Workshops

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Responses to Reemploying UI Claimants through Eligibility Review Programs

·          Dale Ziegler

Deputy Administrator

Office of Workforce Security
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

·          Diane Carpenter

NH UI Director

·          Doris Lachance

NH ES Director

We’re the Supply so what’s the Demand -- Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Overview

·          Dr. Jeremy Wu

Demographic Survey Division, Program Manager,

Project Director LEHD,

Census Bureau

·          Colleen Flannery

Chief - Special Programs and                                         Training,

Census Bureau

 

Supply & Demand Gap Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

·          Michael Goodman, Ph.D.

Director of Economic and Public Policy Research,

Donahue Institute,

University of Massachusetts/Boston

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

LUNCH

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Workshops

The Gateway to Workforce Development: Layoff Aversion through Rapid Response/ Worksharing

 

·          Ken Messina

MA Rapid Resp Coord

·          Andrea Slusarz,

CT Rapid Resp Coord

Connecting Talent to High Growth Jobs – Use of AutoCoder

 

 

·          Ray Filippone

RI Asst Dir of Income Support

·          Kathy Partington

RI NetworkRI Coordinator

What’s the Buzz on Worker Profiling and Reemployment Projects?

·          Sigurd R. Nilsen, Ph.D.

·          Cheryl Atkinson

·          Scott Gibbons

Economic Statistician

Office of Workforce Investment
Employment & Training Admin

U.S. Department of Labor

 

 

2:30 pm – 3:30pm

Closing Plenary

 

Dealing with the Challenge the Economy has Placed on our Workforce System

John Dorrer                                                          Grace Kilbane

Director of Labor Market Information Service      Regional Administrator

Maine Department of Labor                                  Region 1, Boston, Ma

3:30 pm

 

 

ADJOURN

 

 

U.S.  Department of Labor—Region 1

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

 

“Making the Connection: New Strategies for Reemploying Unemployment Insurance Claimants in the New Global Economy”

 

 

The Century House in Latham, New York

June 26 – 27, 2007

 

Please type or print your information, as it should appear on each name badge. Each attendee needs to fill out a registration form.  For questions regarding registration, please contact Marlene Cowan at 617-788-0158. 

PARTICIPANT INFORMATION

 

First Name: ________________________________________________________________

 

Last Name: ________________________________________________________________

 

Organization: _______________________________________________________________

 

Title: ______________________________________________________________________

 

Mailing Address: _____________________________________________________________

 

City: _______________________________State: ___________________Zip: ____________

 

Telephone: _____________________________

 

Fax:  __________________________________

 

Email: _______________________________________________________________________

 

Special Needs:              ?Accessibility/Disability/Assistance/ Dietary

 

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

Registrations must be made no later than June 1, 2007.

Early registration is appreciated.

 

Please fax or email this completed registration form to Marlene Cowan at 617/788-0125.

 

PLEASE REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATION BY JUNE 8, 2007

ROOMS ARE RESERVED UNDER THE NAME “US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR”

 

Century House -- 888/674-6873

 

PLEASE NOTE: By faxing/emailing this form, you are registering for the conference itself.

Room reservations are made separately by each attendee.

 

 

 

 

DWS/OSS/BOS-L2007-490052-TM

 

 

 

WORKFORCE SYSTEMS LETTER NO.:  07-10, Change 1

 

DATE:                        May 22, 2007

 

EFFECT:        ACTION                                INFO               ATTACHMENTS

                          [X]     All Formula                    [X]                            [X]

                                    Grantees

                          [X]     All WIA                          [X]                            [X]

                                    Grantees

                          [X]     UI Directors                  [X]                            [X]

 

SUBJECT:      MAKING THE CONNECTION: NEW STRATEGIES FOR REEMPLOYING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) CLAIMANTS IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY CONFERENCE (June 26 – 27, 2007)

                                                                                                                                               

 

1.       Purpose:

  • To remind grantees of the upcoming regional conference regarding the reemployment of laid-off workers, including those receiving unemployment compensation, those that are dislocated and/or trade-impacted workers;
  • To announce the extension of the meeting registration and hotel reservation due dates to June 1st and June 8th, respectively; and
  • To provide an updated version of the draft agenda.

 

2.       Background:  The changing global economy challenges our workforce system to look to innovative approaches in our service delivery strategy to respond to needs of dislocated workers and UI claimants.  The current and projected labor/skills shortages provide new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.  This event will enable networking among workforce partners who focus on reemploying our customers, learning about new tools and their application, and sharing of creative approaches to achieve our unified reemployment mission.

 

3.       Target Audience:  The conference and workshops are designed for both leaders and experts interested in providing reemployment services to UI claimants and/or dislocated workers.  This is a working session to bring together policy-makers and program experts to explore new ways of effectively re-employing unemployed workers.  UI Directors, TAA Directors, Dislocated Worker Program Directors, and WIA/ES Directors and their staff who are responsible for leading reemployment initiatives, state leaders from the workforce development system, and members of state and local Workforce Investment Boards are needed to bring all perspectives to the issue and will benefit from attendance at this important conference. 

 

4.       Logistics:  The conference will be held on June 26 – 27, 2007 at the Century House in Latham, New York.  The hotel is five miles from the Albany (NY) Airport.  The meeting will begin at 8:30am on June 26th and conclude by 3:30pm on June 27th.  To register for the meeting, please complete and fax the attached form to Ms. Marlene Cowan at 617-788-0125 or via e-mail at cowan.marlene@dol.gov by June 1, 2007. 

 

To make hotel reservations, please contact the Century House (http://www.thecenturyhouse.com) at

888-674-6873.  A block of rooms is being held under the name, “US Department of Labor.”  All hotel rooms are being reserved at the Federal per diem rate of $103, plus 14% tax.  Hotel reservations are the responsibility of each attendee and must be made no later than June 8, 2007.  After this date, special rates and/or availability cannot be guaranteed.  In order to guarantee your room, please be sure to provide a major credit card when making your reservation.  Room and tax charges, along with all incidental charges, are the responsibility of each individual and must be paid upon departure. 

 

5.       Inquiries:  If you have any questions concerning logistics, please contact Ms. Cowan at 617-788-0158 or cowan.marlene@dol.gov.  If you have questions concerning programmatic content, please contact              Ms. Amanda Shaffer at 617-788-0115 or shaffer.amanda@dol.gov. 

 

 

 

 

Grace A. Kilbane

Regional Administrator

 

Attachment


 

 

 

DRAFT AGENDA

(dated 5/18/07)

Making the Connection: New Strategies for Reemploying Unemployment Insurance Claimants in the New Global Economy

 

Latham, New York

 

DAY 1

TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Welcome & Introduction

8:45 am - 9:45 am

 

Unemployment in the New U.S. Economy

Erica Groshen (invited)

Vice President
Director of Regional Outreach
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

9:45 am – 10:45 am

 

 

Major Influences: The WIRED Regional Economy and Trade

Gay Gilbert

Administrator

Office of Workforce Investment
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

10:45 am - 11:00 am

BREAK

11:00 pm - 12:30 pm   Workshops

The Gateway to Workforce Development:  Layoff Aversion through Rapid Response/ Worksharing

·          Ken Messina

MA Rapid Resp Coord

·          Andrea Slusarz,

CT Rapid Resp Coord

Connecting Talent to High Growth Jobs – Use of AutoCoder

 

·          Ray Filippone

RI Asst Dir of Income Support

·          Kathy Partington

RI NetworkRI Coordinator

Transitioning UI Claimants through Skills Upgrades to Advanced Manufacturing

 

·          Pam Nabors

Capital Workforce Partners

·          Mike Cooper

Waterbury METAL project

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

LUNCH

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm   Workshops

 

Connecting Businesses and UI Claimants to In-Demand Occupations

·          Pam Frugoli

Manpower Analyst Team Lead

Office of Workforce Investment
Employment & Training Admin

U.S. Department of Labor

Making the Leap: Linking UI Claimants to Entrepreneurial Training

·          Jack Benus

Impaq International

·          Judy Pellettier

ME Trade program Coordinator

·           

NJ SEA Coordinator

Bridging the gap: Performance Accountability for UI Claimant Reemployment

·          Mary Kelly

NY Performance

Ithica Local Area

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm

BREAK

3:15 pm - 4:45 pm   Workshops

Transitioning UI Claimants through Skills Upgrades to Advanced Manufacturing

 

·          Pam Nabors

Capital Workforce Partners

·          Mike Cooper

Waterbury METAL project

Our Response to Reconnecting UI Claimants with the One-Stops

 

·          Jack Benus

Impaq International

·          Laura Boyett

ME UI Director

 

What’s your State’s Investment in Reemploying UI Claimants?

 

 

·          TBA

 

DAY 2

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2007

 

8:30 am - 9:15 am

 

Federal Legislative Initiatives

Cheryl Atkinson

Administrator

Office of Workforce Security
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

9:15 am - 10:00 am

 

 

The Changing Characteristics of the UI claimant throughout the Years

Sigurd R. Nilsen, Ph.D.

Director

Education, Workforce, and Income Security

U.S. General Accounting Office

10:00 am - 10:15 am

BREAK

10:15 am - 11:45 am

Workshops

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Responses to Reemploying UI Claimants through Eligibility Review Programs

·          Dale Ziegler

Deputy Administrator

Office of Workforce Security
Employment and Training Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

·          Diane Carpenter

NH UI Director

·          Doris Lachance

NH ES Director

We’re the Supply so what’s the Demand -- Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Overview

·          Dr. Jeremy Wu

Demographic Survey Division, Program Manager,

Project Director LEHD,

Census Bureau

·          Colleen Flannery

Chief - Special Programs and                                         Training,

Census Bureau

 

Supply & Demand Gap Analysis

 

 

 

 

 

·          Michael Goodman, Ph.D.

Director of Economic and Public Policy Research,

Donahue Institute,

University of Massachusetts/Boston

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

LUNCH

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Workshops

The Gateway to Workforce Development: Layoff Aversion through Rapid Response/ Worksharing

 

·          Ken Messina

MA Rapid Resp Coord

·          Andrea Slusarz,

CT Rapid Resp Coord

Connecting Talent to High Growth Jobs – Use of AutoCoder

 

 

·          Ray Filippone

RI Asst Dir of Income Support

·          Kathy Partington

RI NetworkRI Coordinator

What’s the Buzz on Worker Profiling and Reemployment Projects?

·          Sigurd R. Nilsen, Ph.D.

·          Cheryl Atkinson

·          Scott Gibbons

Economic Statistician

Office of Workforce Investment
Employment & Training Admin

U.S. Department of Labor

 

 

2:30 pm – 3:30pm

Closing Plenary

 

Dealing with the Challenge the Economy has Placed on our Workforce System

John Dorrer                                                          Grace Kilbane

Director of Labor Market Information Service      Regional Administrator

Maine Department of Labor                                  Region 1, Boston, Ma

3:30 pm

 

 

ADJOURN

 

 


 

U.S.  Department of Labor—Region 1

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

 

“Making the Connection: New Strategies for Reemploying Unemployment Insurance Claimants in the New Global Economy”

 

 

The Century House in Latham, New York

June 26 – 27, 2007

 

Please type or print your information, as it should appear on each name badge. Each attendee needs to fill out a registration form.  For questions regarding registration, please contact Marlene Cowan at 617-788-0158 or cowan.marlene@dol.gov.

 

PARTICIPANT INFORMATION

 

First Name: ________________________________________________________________

 

Last Name: ________________________________________________________________

 

Organization: _______________________________________________________________

 

Title: ______________________________________________________________________

 

Mailing Address: _____________________________________________________________

 

City: _______________________________State: ___________________Zip: ____________

 

Telephone: _____________________________

 

Fax:  __________________________________

 

Email: _______________________________________________________________________

 

Special Needs:              ?Accessibility/Disability/Assistance/ Dietary

 

_____________________________________________________________________________

 

Registrations must be made no later than June 1, 2007.

Early registration is appreciated.

 

Please fax or email this completed registration form to Marlene Cowan at 617/788-0125 or cowan.marlene@dol.gov.

 

PLEASE REMEMBER TO MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATION BY JUNE 8, 2007

ROOMS ARE RESERVED UNDER THE NAME “US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR”

 

Century House -- 888/674-6873

 

PLEASE NOTE: By faxing/emailing this form, you are registering for the conference itself.

Room reservations are made separately by each attendee.

 

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