BRG Update

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A Presentation to the National BLS/LMI Conference
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PARTNERS

• Employment and Training Administration
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• State Projections Workgroup
• National Association of State Workforce Agencies

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OUR MISSION
To operate an integrated, nationwide program of
state and local projections that will be driven
by our customers need to make informed decisions
based on the most reliable and relevant
occupational and industry outlook information
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OUR VISION

• Projections must be
• Unmatched in quality
• Based on a common occupation and industry coding
  structure
• Easy to use
• Responsive to changing customer needs
• Supported by highly-trained Federal and State
  staff
• Timely in terms of meeting customer needs

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2005 PARTNERSHIP GOALS

• Continue operation/enhancement of an integrated
  long and short-term projections program
• Sharpen understanding of customer needs
• Respond to customer needs in a demand driven
  system
• Refine operating processes Improve quality and
  time to market
• Deploy integrated staff training solution
• Improve projections analysis and presentation

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Integrated Software System

• The Suite and Associated Products Include
• Industry Projections
• Short-Term
• Long-Term
• Local Review
• Occupational Projections
• Occupational Descriptor
• MicroMatrix
• EDS Friendly
• Skills Based Projection Module

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A Focus on Skills in Demand
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Today . . . Tomorrow
State staff analyzes file and crafts custom
report.
State staff creates skills-based projections
data cube.
State WI Division receives request for
information.
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Deployment Plans

• Rapidly get this to the field
• Support for ETA Strategic Planning cycle
• Inform and educate
• Tell leaders of the value-added for WIBs with
  this new capability
• Offer training to professional staff
• Offer technical assistance
• Input files uploaded for each State

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Going Forward from Today

• Operationalize the System
• Support ETA planning cycle
• System enhancements
• Addition of wage data
• Ability to pull out industry clusters
• Plan for customer self-provisioning
• Gather customer requirements
• Integrate with other ETA tools
• Design, develop and deploy

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REFINE OPERATING PROCESSESImprove Production
Process

• BENEFITS
• Clarified all partners production roles
• Created standardized file formats and
  deliverables, along with hard delivery dates
• Eliminated need for a lengthy state re-formatting
  process
• Built strong, on-going relationships within the
  projections production system
• Efficient use of investment

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REFINE OPERATING PROCESSESSupply Web-based
Resources

• Technical Assistance
• Communications
• View State Projections
• Training

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Integrated Staff Training

• The NEW Projections Software Suite
• Shortens training time
• Streamlines production tasks
• Mitigates reliance on experienced knowledge
  workers (Retiring)
• Standardizes training presentation formats for
  states (templates)
• Redesigned Web-based Training

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HANDS-ON SKILL-BUILDING WORKSHOPS

• Delivered in 2003
• Occupational Descriptor Workshop One session
  for 20 trainees in 18 states
• Short-Term Projections Workshop Three sessions
  for 51 trainees in 35 states
• Delivered in 2004
• Long-Term Projections Workshop Two sessions for
  39 trainees from 32 states
• MicroMatrix Workshop Two sessions for 40
  trainees in 27 states
• Planned for 2005
• Skills based Projections Workshops Spring
  (Web-based)
• Short-Term Methods Workshop Spring
• Long-Term Workshop September
• MicroMatrix Workshop -- January 2006

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ETA Projections Deliverables

• PY2003 Items due June 30, 2004.
• Statewide Long-term projections for 2002-2012.
• Submitted to Larry Less of Ohio at
  lessl_at_odjfs.state.oh.us.
• 49 states and territories have submitted.
• Statewide Short-term projections for 2003-2005
  
• Submitted to Larry Less of Ohio
• 39 States have submitted.

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ETA Projections Deliverables

• PY2004 Items due June 30, 2005.
• Statewide Short-term Projections for 2004-2006.
• Submitted to Larry Less of Ohio at
  lessl_at_odjfs.state.oh.us.
• One State/territories has submitted.
• Sub-State/Area Long-term projections 2002-2012.
• Submission not requested. Provide information as
  indicated in State Grant.

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ETA Projections Deliverables

• PY2005 Items due June 30, 2006.
• Statewide Long-Term Projections for 2004-2014
  period.
• Submitted to Phillip Anderson of North Carolina
  at phillip.anderson_at_ncmail.net.
• Statewide Short-term projection for 2005-2007
• period.
• Submitted to Phillip Anderson of North Carolina
  at phillip.anderson_at_ncmail.net
• A letter to all LMI directors will come out In
  June explaining these data submissions.

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2005 INITIATIVES

• Continue to gauge acceptance and usage of new
  software and templates
• Complete Knowledge Management Plan
• Development of new and efficient training methods
• Share Models of successful incorporation and
  usage
• Skills Evaluation and Projections
• Provide demand driven product

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UTILIZATION

• How are States using the projections products?
• Are they being well received?
• QUESTIONS?