| Monday,
August 15, 2005 |
| 9:00
- 11:45 a.m. General Session |
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Workforce
Research: Using ALMIS Data to Develop Quality Research Deliverables
Josh Williams, Research Director,
Godbe Research
The Research Director for a private research firm describes several
applications for ALMIS data in the workforce arena. This includes industry
and occupational forecasting, skills assessments, gap analyses, and focused
conclusions and recommendations for workforce planners and training and
education providers.
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WIC
and Policy Council Updates
Rebecca Rust, LMI Director, Florida
Agency for Workforce Innovation
Learn about the latest activities and accomplishments of your Workforce
Information Council (WIC) including the organization and mission of the
WIC, typical meeting topics, and the role of the BLS Policy Councils. Highlights
from each BLS Policy Council will also be included.
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Using
LMI as a Marketing Catalyst
Celina Shands-Gradijan, President
and CEO, Full Capacity Marketing
What good is data if no one uses it? Marketing the value of LMI is an
important role of any LMI professional. Celina takes us on a marketing journey
that demonstrates the power of LMI and how it has been used across the country
to build value in the public workforce investment system and assist workforce
investment boards with strategy, planning and outreach efforts to employers.
This session provides us with the end-users view of the value of LMI, and
paints the "big picture" of how LMI can impact the System.
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| 1:15
- 2:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops |
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Innovative
Solutions
Muhammad Akhtar, Nebraska Workforce Development,
Katrina Evans, New Hampshire Employment Security; and Nancy Gemignani, California
Employment Development Department
There is definitely more than one approach in delivering workforce information.
ALMIS Database administrators across the country have developed a variety
of creative and effective methods to deliver quality information to their
customers. This workshop will give you an opportunity to view a variety
of applications of the ALMIS Database that are currently being implemented
by states.
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ALMIS
Database Fundamentals
Denise Lee, Employment Security Commission of
North Carolina
From a basic perspective, this session explains the ALMIS Database structure
including tables, primary and foreign keys, triggers, and version changes.
Also included, will be an overview of core tables, a concise overview of
the ALMIS Database and ALMIS Resource Center, as well as where and when
to get data.
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| 2:30
- 4:30 p.m. General Session |
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XML
Technologies
John Pearce, Oregon Employment Department
and Joanna Hendrickson-Larson, JHL Solutions, Inc.
Ever wondered about the power of XML, what it has to do with data, what
it could do and what those "web services" they talk about look like? It's
a wide-ranging topic so we'll start scratching the XML surface.
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Collaboration
with WIA and Other Customers
Rebecca Rust, LMI Director, Florida Agency
for Workforce Innovation
Learn how to dazzle your Regional Workforce Boards and Economic Development
Organizations by providing them the latest and greatest LMI customized for
their needs. Learn about innovative demand-driven products and services,
such as analysis of: labor supply and labor costs, skills-matching, economic
impact, GIS maps, vacancy surveys, targeted industry profiles, customized
employer listings, ad-hoc surveys, and web-site delivery, etc.
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| Tuesday,
August 16, 2005 |
| 8:30
- 9:45 p.m. General Session |
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Hot
Topics: The Latest in Workforce Information
Roger Therrien, Connecticut Department
of Labor, Tom Price, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, and
Peter Neenan, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
CIPSEA - Confidentiality and the ALMIS Database-Go directly to
jail! Do not pass go! Pay $250,000 fine! New federal rules on the confidentiality
of statistical data carry severe penalties. What are they and how do they
apply to the data that may be in the ALMIS Database?
Projections - State labor market information divisions produce industry
projections and occupational employment projections (both long-range and
short-term). These projections are widely used in career guidance, workforce
development and education programs, and economic development at the state
and local levels. Projections are also deliverables through ALMIS/One-Stop
LMI Grants to states from the Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
Projections data is a major component of the ALMIS Database. This session
will address the latest activities of the Projections Managing Partnership,
a federal-state partnership tasked with management of projections activities.
EDS - EDS is an acronym for Estimates Delivery System, an automated
system for producing custom occupational wage and employment publications
from the results of the annual occupational employment survey. Hear about
the latest developments and how they relate to the ALMIS Database.
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| 10:00
a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops |
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Harnessing
the Power of UI Wage Records
Robert Cottrell, Employment Security Commission
of North Carolina
Wage records provide a wealth of information to better understand state
and local economies. Whether you are evaluating training program performance,
researching labor turnover or studying wage distributions, wage records
data can provide critical information. The workshop will touch on the some
of the current uses of wage records in the workforce system.
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LMI:
What You Should Know
Billy McNeece, Mississippi Department of Employment
Services
On your mark! Get set! Go! We invite you to watch one LMI expert attempt
to cover the basics of labor market information in 3,600 seconds or less.
This session promises to give you a broad overview of the primary LMI components
that go into the ALMIS Database. Understanding the lingo and methodologies
of the BLS federal/state partnerships including CES, QCEW, LAUS, and OES
is vital in delivering quality and timely labor market information.
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Innovative
Solutions
Christopher Knight, Florida Agency for Workforce
Innovation, James Saloman, Washington Employment Security Department,
and John Pearce, Oregon Employment Department
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SQL
Basics
Denise Lee, Employment Security Commission of
North Carolina
SQL (Structured Query Language) is an ANSI (American National Standards
Institute) standard computer language for accessing and manipulating database
systems. The workshop will focus on basic SQL commands such as SELECT, UPDATE,
DELETE, INSERT, and WHERE.
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| 1:15
- 2:15 p.m. General Session |
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ETA
and BLS Regional Perspectives
Larry Heasty, Employment and Training Administration
and Richard Holden, Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Power of Partnership-Offering a regional perspective from both the
Employment and Training Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
this session will address the value of ETA/BLS/state partnerships in the
local region and the essential value of reliable information to the workforce
information system as a whole.
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| 2:30
- 3:30 p.m. Concurrent Workshops |
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Employment
Dynamics
Roger Therrien, Connecticut Department of Labor and
David Talan, Bureau of Labor Statistics
New Information from an Old Source-Data collected through routine procedures
used to provide unemployment insurance and workforce development services
to individuals and businesses make up a vast source of data that can be
used to identify the underlying dynamics of the labor market and the influence
of policies and programs on the clients they are intended to serve. Find
out what this data is and the new information that is being generated from
it.
Business Employment Dynamics -The new BLS Business Employment Dynamics series
captures establishment-level employment changes that are not available through
other BLS data series. This series gives data users and researchers insight
into business openings, closings, expansions and contractions across the
stages of the business cycle.
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Sorting
Out New and Old Geographic Areas
Steve Rosenow, National Crosswalk Service Center and
Denise Lee, Employment Security Commission of North Carolina
Two years ago, the geographic areas used in statistical programs were
extensively revised, and a new geographic type, Micropolitan Statistical
Area, was created. Learn how these changes have been incorporated into the
ALMIS Database into some of the data series that are included in the database.
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| 3:34
- 4:30 p.m. General Session |
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Project
Updates: ARC Web Portal and National Crosswalk Service Center
Joanna Hendrickson-Larson, JHL Solutions, Inc. and
Steve Rosenow, National Crosswalk Service Center
A significant part of the ALMIS Resource Center's work is done through
these three projects. They provide a variety of technical, information and
other services that help keep states' databases running smoothly. Learn
about recent developments and upcoming activities.
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| Wednesday,
August 17, 2005 |
| 8:30
- 9:30 a.m. General Session |
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ADAM
Jackie Keener, Employment Security Commission of North
Carolina
The ALMIS Distributed Access Method (ADAM) system provides a standard
programming methodology for cross-state access to ALMIS data over the Internet.
The standardized sharing methods are ALMIS Database compliant and application
independent. Developers can use these methods in a variety of applications
to access and display public data from the ALMIS Database from any state
participating in the ADAM system. Presentation will provide a bird's eye
view explaining current system's functionality; demonstrate the ADAM system
using a generic Web tool to access participating pilot state's ALMIS data.
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| 9:45
- 10:45 Concurrent Workshops |
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Census
Update
Pamela Schenker, Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation
Learn about the latest US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
surveys and data to assist workforce and economic development customers.
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SQL
Advanced/DTS
Sylvia Jones, Wyoming Department of Employment
SQL (Structured Query Language) statements are used to retrieve and
update data in a database. SQL works with database programs like MS Access,
DB2, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, etc. The workshop will focus on applied
SQL Commands such as: Order By, And & Or, Between, Join, Functions, Groups
By, and others, including the use of Data Transformation Services (DTS)
for SQL Server.
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| 11:00
- 11:50 a.m. General Session |
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ALMIS
Resource Center Update/Employer Database Update and Q&A
Robert Contrell, Employment Security Commission of
North Carolina, Teresa Taylor, Iowa Workforce Development and Jim Winner,
infoUSA
What's been done, what's in the works, and what does the future hold?
This session will provide a brief overview of the latest activities and
future developments of the ALMIS Resource Center.
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Who's Your Data
David L. Clegg, Employment Security Commission of North
Carolina
Database administrators love nothing better than to hear about data.
This session will provide an entirely new and exciting perspective on this
familiar topic.
|
| 1:00
- 4:00 p.m. Optional Session |
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Web
Services
Denise Lee, Employment Security Commission of North
Carolina and John Pearce, Oregon Employment Department
What are Web Services? This session will define Web Services, help you
understand the benefits of Web Services, and examine important Web Service
acronyms and what they mean including UDDI, SOAP, and WSDL. Examples of
Web Services and how they are currently used along with a demonstration
of setting up a Web Service using the ALMIS Database will be offered.
In-depth with XML-This portion of the session picks up XML where we left
off earlier in the seminar, allowing additional time for questions and answers
including defining RSS and how to use it. |
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