Putting America to Work: Presentations on the Essential Role of Federal Labor Market Statistics

During a roundtable event at Brookings, Andrew Reamer facilitated a series of presentations and focused discussions on:

• The value of current, accurate, detailed federal statistics for the functioning of the nation’s labor markets
• Innovations in labor market information that could substantially improve the decision-making by labor market participants and policymakers
• An assessment of the current state of the federal labor market statistics system 
• A vision and roadmap for a system that meets labor market participant and policymaker needs

The topics of the sessions, with links to presentations and handouts, follows:

Occupational Transformation and Labor Market Dysfunction

• Education Demand and The Future of American Labor Markets
  Jeff Strohl, Georgetown University Center for Education and the Workforce 
• Labor Market Decision-Makers’ Need for Information in Today’s Economy
  Andrew Reamer
• The 2008-2010 Recession in Maine: Responding to Stranded Workers
  John Dorrer, Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor

Innovations in LMI

Innovative Products and Tools

Real-Time LMI
James Vollman, Advanced Workforce Systems

State Longitudinal Data Systems

• SLDS Grant Program (presentation and handout)
  Tate Gould, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
• Workforce Data Quality Initiative (presentation and handout)
  Stephen Wandner, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• Post-Secondary and Workforce (graphic)
  David Stevens, The Jacob France Institute, University of Baltimore

Local Employment Dynamics
Ron Jarmin, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce

Occupational Information
Dixie Sommers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

• Improving the Occupational Employment Statistics Program

• Definitions for the Proposed Education and Training Classification System

• Experimental Data Set of Occupations on Proposed Education and Training Classification System

• Reinventing the Occupational Outlook Handbook

Skills-Based Projections and Transferability
Anthony Dais, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

• Skills-Based Employment Projections System

• mySkills myFuture

Healthcare Virtual Career Platform (plus list of covered occupations)
David Morman, American Association of Community Colleges

State Labor Market Information Agency State-of-the-Art

• Challenges for LMI Innovation in Maine
  John Dorrer
• State LMI State-of-the-Art
  Rebecca Rust, Labor Market Statistics Center, Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation

U.S. Labor Market Statistics System: Vision and Realities

• Putting America to Work: The Essential Role of Federal Labor Market Statistics
  Andrew Reamer

• Providing Better Job Data to Consumers, Practitioners, and Policymakers
  (Great Lakes LMI Agency Capacity Assessment)
  David Altstadt, David Altstadt Consulting
• Session Reference Materials

• Federal Labor Market Statistics System (graphic)
• Roadmap for a Demand-Driven Federal Labor Market Statistics System (discussion draft)
• National Employment Statistics System (U.S. Code)
• Workforce Information Council Mission and Priorities 
• State LMI Director Priorities for Investment in Labor Market Information