August 16, 2005 National Crosswalk Service Center Update

National Crosswalk Service Center Update

August 16, 2005 National Crosswalk Service Center Update

Topics

• A little history• NCSC activity report• Internet activity• Data updates• Licensing database issues and

updates

August 16, 2005 National Crosswalk Service Center Update

NCSC History

• Center operated in Iowa since 1983• Support for state ALMIS Database

administrators• Info from Departments of Labor,

Education, Defense, Commerce• Files available from

ftp://ftp.xwalkcenter.org

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Information Updates

• NCSC Annual Report– 2003-2004– Downloads up by

90% to 72,000– Customers include

Nashville Area APO and Hignan University (Hong Kong)

– www.almisdb.org maintenance

– 2004-2005 report expected in September or October

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Internet Activity

• Maintain ARC home page

• Seminar information• Database

administrator survey

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ALMIS Database Data Updates (July 2004-

June 2005)• Monthly CPI, LABFORCE and CES

(two versions)• BEA income• O*NET database and lay titles• Industry (QCEW)• Census income• Military crosswalk• HUD income• Population• OES wages

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Licensing Database

• National database manager for ACINet licensing data

• States furnish files to NCSC as deliverable under One-Stop LMI grant

• ACINet structure moving to version 2.3 of the ALMIS database

• E-mail packages with files and other material to be distributed to state ALMIS database administrators

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Questions?Contact Info:

– E-mail: ncsc@iowa.gov– Internet:

www.xwalkcenter.org– Telephone: 515-242-5034– Mail

National Crosswalk Service Center

Department of EducationGrimes State Office BuildingDes Moines, IA 50319