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The Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute and Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC) and invite you to submit an application for the Regional Data Connections Cohort – a six‑month program designed to help states and regions make better use of local workforce data to align training with real job demand.
Participants get monthly technical assistance, a facilitator visit to their state, a two-day gathering in Washington DC, and tailored webinars with subject-matter experts – all focused on helping you turn data into action.
Applications are due by April 10th outlining your team and the data collaboration challenge you hope to address.
Learn more and apply below!
If you have questions or would like to discuss whether this opportunity is a fit for your state, please reach out to Sarah Edwards (sedwards@crec.net).
Supported by Ascendium Education Group.
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Calling: Poster Submissions & Award Nominations!
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The 2nd Annual Poster Session Submission Due in TWO Days
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Nominate Your Project for the State Labor Market Information Awards!
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Has your organization produced an LMI product or participated in a collaboration that improved workforce outcomes? Nominate your work for national recognition at the Awards Lunch on Thursday, June 18 as a leader in the LMI field! For inspiration, revisit the work of last year’s winners recognized in Sacramento.
Deadline is Friday, March 27, 2026.
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Friends of the BLS FY 2027 Budget Priorities
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The Friends of the BLS have released their FY 2027 budget priorities. They are calling for a 5% increase over the 2026 budget to hire and train new staff, sustain and improve response rates across surveys and programs, and to implement delayed modernizations efforts to preserve data quality. They are also calling for the creation of a $10M modernization fund to encourage utilization of modern methodologies and statistical modeling, support new data sources, and build the infrastructure for multi-year projects.
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Upcoming Events, Trainings, and Webinars
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Data Insights Roundtable: Modernizing State LMI
March 19, 2026
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Online Only
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LMI Institute + 66th C2ER Annual Conference
June 17 – 19, 2026
Memphis, Tennessee
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Data Insights Roundtable: Modernizing LMI
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TOMORROW we have the Data Insights Roundtable: Modernizing LMI in collaboration with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). The speakers are: Bill Beach, 15th Commissioner of Labor Statistics at the BLS; Gustavo Aviles the Labor Market Information and Research Director at Washington State Employment and Security Department; and Mariana Vega, the Labor Market Information Director at the Texas Workforce Commission.
The webinar will highlight opportunities for modernization in the LMI ecosystem and discuss how state/federal agencies and their stakeholders can move these efforts forward. State LMI agencies will walk away with additional ideas and opportunities to connect and collaborate with existing efforts; and data users will have a better understanding of the current challenges and how they can support state LMI agencies in their efforts. We hope to see you there!
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How State LMI Agencies Can Become Essential Partners Under Workforce Pell
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In a new piece on the LMI Institute website, CREC President/CEO and LMI Institute Executive Director Ken Poole discusses how Workforce Pell will change the operating environment for short-term workforce programs in higher education, arguing that LMI agencies need to be at the center of that change.
Universities and community colleges are preparing to launch or scale programs that meet new federal performance thresholds tied to completion, job placement, occupational alignment, and earnings. As they do, they face a critical question: Do we have the data infrastructure to qualify and stay eligible?
For state LMI agencies, this presents a strategic opportunity. Institutions cannot meet Workforce Pell requirements using campus systems alone. Much of the data needed to qualify and maintain eligibility lives inside state LMI and workforce data systems.
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The LMI Institute is looking to profile additional workforce boards and how they utilize data for decision-making. Have a workforce board you’d like to see featured? Contact us Jennie Allison (jallison@crec.net).
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Featured Reports and Tools
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Alabama’s job trends page shows historical job openings in the state allowing you to show data by area, occupation, industry, education, and experience. You can also see the top requested job skills, tools and technology, and certifications by the report period of your choice. You are also able to break down the data by county and workforce development to see job openings and average wages for the area.
See the page yourself!
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North Carolina’s industry employment and occupational projection dashboards both show projections based on areas of North Carolina. One of my favorite parts of the occupational projections is the pyramid chart showing the annual growth rate of major occupational groups as a percentage on one side and then breaking it down into raw numbers of annual exits, transfers and change on the other. With the industry employment, being able to directly compare annual growth rate, current wage, current employment and projected employment in an easy to download table makes it accessible and easily dispersible.
Click here for industrial employment projections!
Click here for occupational projections!
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Does your state have a projections dashboard?
Share it with us! We’d love to see it and feature it in the monthly LMI Insider.
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We welcome your feedback on this edition, and for content suggestions in future editions, of The LMI Insider. Please direct comments, questions, or for more information on the LMI Institute to Marty Romitti, CREC Senior Vice President, at mromitti@crec.net
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