Conference downloads:

 December 2011

Federal Policy End of Session Wrap Up

1 - Overview and Brief Update on the Super Committee's Failure and the Budget Situation (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

2 - Overview and Analysis of Fiscal Year 2-12 Appropriations and the UI/Payroll Tax Extenders (Kermit Kaleba, Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

3 - Overview of the McCaskill-Collins Alternative Externders Proposal and other Consolidation Proposals (Kermit Kaleba) (Download)

 

November 2011

Counting on Credentials: Approaches to State Credential Measeurement Policy

1 - Introduction (Jessie Hogg Leslie and Eric Seleznow, NSC (Download)

 

2 - Maryland (Paulette Francois, Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation) (Download)

 

3 - Rhode Island (Linda Katz, The Poverty Institiute)  (Download)

 

4 - Minnesota, (Bryan Lindsley, Minnesota Governors's Workforce Development Council)  (Download)

September 2011

Federal Funding Update - Fiscal Year 2012 (and Beyond)

1 - Overview and Brief Update of the Federal Budget Situation (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

2 - Overview and Analysis of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Kermit Kaleba) (Download)

 

3 - Overview of Job Training Provisions Included in the American Jobs Act (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

June 2011

Moving Fiscal and Political Mountains: Advancing Workforce Legislative Reforms in the States

1 - Massachusetts (Loh-Sze Leung, Skill-Works)(Download)

 

2 - Indiana (Jessica Fraser, Indiana Institute for Working Families)(Download)

 

3 - Iowa (Steve Ovel, Kirkwood Community College) (Download)

 

4 - Oregon (Agnes Balassa, Oregon Workforce Partnership) (Download)

 

5 - Wrap Up (Jessie Hogg Leslie, NSC)(Download)

 

 May 2011

Closing out the FY 2011 Budget Process and Looking Ahead to the FY 2012 Budget Fight

1 – Overview and Context of the Budget Conversations in DC (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

2 – Overview and Analysis of the Final Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution and the House-passed Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution (Kermit Kaleba) (Download)

 

3 – Next Steps in the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Debate (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

February 2011

Fiscal Year 2011, 2012 Budget and Appropriations for Workforce Programs

1 - Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations Overview (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

2 - Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution Update (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

3 - President Obama's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Proposal - Department of Labor Overview (Kermit Kaleba) (Download)

 

4 - President Obama's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Proposal - Department of Education Overview (Kermit Kaleba) (Download)

November 2010

Federal Workforce Policy: Closing out the 111th Congress, Looking Ahead to 2011

1 - Workforce Issues Under the 111th Congress (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

2 - Policy Accomplishments Under the 111th Congress (Kermit Kaleba) (Download)

 

3 - 2010 Election Results Overview (Rachel Gragg) (Download)

 

4 - Workforce Policy Challenges and Opportunities Under the Incoming 112th Congress (Kermit Kaleba) (Download)

 

November 2010

 

State Transitions and Workforce Policy: Working with New Governors and Legislators.

 

1 - Introduction and Roundtable Discussion (Eric Seleznow, Larry Good, John Twomey, Sandi Vito) (Download)

 

2 - Round table discussion, Part 2 (Download)


3 - Round table discussion, Part 3 (Download)

 

June 2010

Engaging Gubernatorial Races, Getting Skills in the Debate.

1 - Introduction and Legal Perspective (Andrea Ray and Allen Mattison) (Download)

2 - Round table discussion, Part 1 (Andrea Ray, Loh-Sze Leung, Andrew Brower, Sally Adams) (Download)

3 – Round table discussion, Part 2 (Andrea Ray, Loh-Sze Leung, Andrew Brower, Sally Adams) (Download)

 

 

February 2010

President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Proposal

1 - Jobs Legislation Overview (Rachel Gragg, National Skills Coalition (Download)

2 - Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Review (Kermit Kaleba, National Skills Coalition   (Download)

 

August 2009

 

R2R UI / Pell (August 11, 2009)

1 - Recover to Reauthorization: An Overview (Rachel Gragg, TWA) (Download)

2 - Expanding Access to Education and Training for Unemployment Insurance Benefit Recipients (Andrew Stettner, NELP)   (Download)

3 - Unemployment Insurance Benefit Recipients and Pell Grant Eligibility (Jim Hermes, AACC)  (Download)

4 - Federal Policy Update (Rachel Gragg, TWA)  (Download)

 

 

July 2009

 

R2R Career Pathways (July 24, 2009)

 1 - Recover to Reauthorization: An Overview (TWA) (Download)

2 - Adult Learning, ARRA, and Post-Secondary Education and Training  (CSW)  (Download)

3 - Building Better Pathways Between Adult Education, Workforce Development, and Higher Education (CLASP)  (Download)

4 - Pathways Federal Policy Update (TWA)  (Download)

 

R2R Sectors (July 1, 2009)

1 - TWA FINAL 7-1-09 (3.7MB)  (Play) (Download)

 

2 - TWA FINAL 7-1-09 (7.9MB)  (Play)  (Download)

 

3 - TWA FINAL 7-1-09 (7.1MB)  (Play)  (Download)

 

4 - TWA FINAL 7-1-09 (1.8MB)  (Play)  (Download)

 

5 - TWA FINAL 7-1-09 (1.9MB)  (Play)  (Download)

 

December 2008

         

1-      TWA – 2008 Presidential and Congressional election results   (Download/Play)

 

2 - TWA – 110th Congress End of Session Wrap-Up (Download/Play)

 

3 - TWA – Workforce Development Policy in the 111th Congress  (Download/Play)

 

 

June 2008

         

2-      Rachel FSET AU 6-08 - (8.2MB)   .(Play) (Download/Play)

 

2 - Jeff FSET AU 6-08 - (7.2MB)   .(Play) (Download/Play)

 

3 - Jessica FSET AU 6-08  - (5.3MB)   .(Play) (Download/Play)

 

Priorities Council Meeting – June 6, 2008  (6.3MB)  (Play)  (Download/Play)

 

February 2008

 

1 - TWA - Overview of Budget Process (4.7MB)  (Play) (Download)

 

2 - TWA - Overview of Admin FY09 Budget (3.3MB)  (Play)  (Download)

 

3 - TWA - Department of Labor (3.2MB)  (Play)  (Download)

 

4 - TWA – Department of Education (2.6MB)  (Play)  (Download)

 

5 - TWA – Message to Congress (1.9MB)  (Play)  (Download)

 

December 2007

 

Status of Appropriations  (5.5MB) (Play) (Download)

 

November 2007

 

Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs   Play Mono (3.47MB)     Play Stereo (6.88MB)

 

 

August 2007

 

http://mp3.workforcealliance.org/mp3/27794501.mp3   (This file is 25MB, and will take time to download before playing…    Be patient)