Program areas at The Center for Employment Security Education And Research
Federal unemployment projects: federal unemployment insurance projects are activities funded by dol, including The interstate connection network (icon) training, interstate agreements, and separation and information data exchange system (sides) infrastructure, ui, etc.
Information technology support Center (itsc):the information technology support Center (itsc) is a national collaboration of all state workforce agencies, The united states department of labor (dol), and private sector partners that supports The common/shared information technology (it) interests of these agencies to administer The unemployment insurance (ui) and workforce programs. Core and special projects are funded by The dol, including itsc infrastructure, The itsc websites, workforce connect, etc. All projects and activities are approved by The itsc steering committees.
Integrity Center: The mission of The organization's ui integrity Center is to support The development, implementation, and promotion of innovative program integrity strategies and tools to prevent and reduce improper payments, detect and deter fraud, develop a secure method to alert states quickly to new fraud schemes, develop and deliver training on fraud solutions and integrity strategies to increase staff capacity, and share promising practices for state integrity activities among states.
Publications and subscriptions: publications and subscription include The national labor exchange (nlx), and suta dumping detection system (sdds).state unemployment projects: state unemployment insurance projects are mostly advisory and support services provided by itsc it experts to assist states with The processes required with their modernization efforts their ui it systems. These projects are funded by The contracting state.mississippi, rhode island, and Maine unemployment insurance information technology modernization consortium (mrm): rhode island and Maine are adapting The newly modernized Mississippi (ms) ui it system for their states. The ms system will be modified with state specific requirements for each state. Once this is accomplished, The mrm consortium will share basic maintenance and future enhancement costs.
Ui & workforce connectivity phase 1:purpose is to organize a national workgroup to develop a clear national vision and implementation plan to both electronically and programmatically to connect ui claimants to The state workforce system. Unemployment insurance and workforce system connectivity workgroup initiate a program to better connect unemployment insurance (ui) claimants with The larger publicly funded workforce system by developing a national vision for improving The ui and workforce systems.
Ui & workforce connectivity phase 2:program collects best practices in support of national vision developed in phase 1 and disseminate these best practices in The eta workforce 3one and ui community of practice websites.unemployment insurance and workforce system connectivity workgroup initiate a program to better connect unemployment insurance (ui) claimants with The larger publicly funded workforce system by developing a national vision for improving The ui and workforce systems.