Projections Managing Partnership Update

Projections Managing Partnership/Projections Consortium May 24, 2012

Projections Managing Partnership Update

Alexandra Hall, ChairProjections Managing Partnership


Nationwide Projections Program:A State/Federal Partnership Why State and Local Projections State/Federal Partnership Projections Managing Partnership and

the Projections Consortium LMI Improvement Grant

Accomplishments PMP Support Activities Future Initiatives


Why State and Local ProjectionsBillions of dollars invested in training and retraining every year.Provides a guide to:

o Educators for training curriculum development.

o Individuals for planning their future career.

o Workforce System for investing limited training dollars with those who need training and retraining.


Why State and Local ProjectionsThe Bottom Line:

Information on occupations that are growing and those with the greatest number of job openings is among the most frequently requested and frequently used.


State/Federal PartnershipMost data and estimates produced within LMI offices are done so through cooperative agreement with the BLS.


State/Federal Partnership

The Projections program is unique among the LMI estimation programs in that it is run via a partnership between the States, the Employment and Training Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, not under the governance of the BLS Cooperative Agreement.


Projections Managing Partnership:

o Includes LMI Directors, Technical Leads, ETA, BLS.

o Guidance and oversight of investment of the limited funds available to support the nationwide projections infrastructure.

Projections Managing Partnership and Projections Consortium


Projections Consortium:

o Membership is open to all state LMI offices/analysts.

With the exception of a few contracts,much support of the projections infrastructure is “in-kind.”



Labor Market Information Improvement Grant – Projections Infrastructure ModernizationThe Projections Consortium completed work last fall on an LMI Improvement Grant awarded by the Employment and Training Administration.



Projections Infrastructure Modernization:o Reprogrammed existing Projections Suite

modules in .net from outdated FireFox (a.k.a. FoxPro).

o Incorporated previously planned modules.o Captured SME knowledge and provide

24/7/365 access through e-learning.o Incorporated Projections training delivery into

LMI Institute mission for sustainability.



Requirements: Produce 2011-2013 (Qtrly) and 2010-2020 (annual) Projections, Statewide. Produce 2011-2013 Projections, Sub-State.PMP/PC Support:

o State of the art software tools.o Self-guided e-learning training modules.o Launched series of webinars to build on analyst

development from e-learning modules.

ETA PY11 Workforce Information Core Products and Services Grant


Requirements: Produce 2012-2014 Projections, Statewide and Sub-State. Produce 2010-2020 Projections, Sub-State.PMP/PC Support:

o State of the art software tools.o Self-guided e-learning training modules.o Webinars to build on analyst development from

e-learning modules.

ETA PY12 Workforce Information Core Products and Services Grant

Projections Managing Partnership/Projections Consortium April 28, 2011


Future Initiatives:o Making Short-Term Projections relevant.o Improving PMP governance structure and

financing/contracting issues.o Outreach and Networking.o Leadership Development.


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