Workforce Development
Workforce Development is a key priority for local and state government agencies focused on enhancing their communities’ skills, employability, and productivity. By investing in training programs, education, and job placement services, governments can help create a robust labor force that meets the demands of evolving industries. This directory offers articles on workforce development and related topics, like economic development, which examines strategies for fostering job creation and attracting business investments to stimulate regional growth.
The proposal is intended to allow patrol officers to be deployed more effectively in the field, according to Albany officials
The new law raises the maximum age at the time of the written exam from 35 to 43, with waivers allowing military veterans to apply at up to 50 years of age
The Flagstaff facility will serve as a regional hub for firefighter training and house the department’s Wildland Fire Management division
Worthington schools are dangerously overcrowded, but residents have not been able to pass a referendum to fund expansion. Many fear this opposition is related to the city’s large immigrant population.
Broad outlines include a 16% raise for teachers during the five-year contract, a new committee to investigate and enforce classroom sizes that surpass limits in the agreement and funding to add social workers and nurses to the city’s schools.
In 15 years, the number of people over age 65 will be larger than the number of children for the first time in U.S. history.
While the Trump administration claims the move is to protect cities that cannot take in refugees, critics point to a larger agenda of limiting immigration.
Haynesville Correctional Center’s solar farm is expected to save the facility about $120,000 annually and is VADOC’s second award-winning solar project.
Neither harrowing conditions in his home country nor eyesight limitations have kept this young man from pursuing his dreams of a career in public service and law enforcement
The latest research has shown that local governments may be ignoring the threats of human trafficking businesses that are right in front of them.
In emergency communications, leaders must know the way, go the way and show the way to build effective teams.
Like many local governments nationwide pushing to lift the minimum wage in the absence of a national increase, Dallas County, Texas, approves $15 per hour for its county workforce.
A dispatcher trainer and a police chief offer tips that can help first responders consider bias and stay within fourth amendment rights when receiving or following up on suspicious person calls.
Former Baltimore Ravens Coach Brian Billick’s advice can help emergency communications centers improve team building.
Mass shootings are defined by the number of those that are killed and injured. Find out which were the worst mass shootings of 2018 and the deadliest so far in 2019
Learn how to reach police officer candidates, conduct training and engage new police recruits with their communities.
Emergency communications centers can protect their data through updating security technology, monitoring networks and preparing disaster recovery plans.
South Bend announced numbers for community wide police recruitment efforts that followed a fatal officer involved shooting.
MOST POPULAR
- Texas A&M advocates for national veterinary emergency response network to strengthen disaster preparedness
- Report: Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive Oregon homeless deaths
- 3 Reasons Public Agencies Should Disable Facebook Reviews
- CAIR releases guide to assist Muslims in applying for Nonprofit Security Grant Program
- Mass. public health officials hesitate to endorse nalmefene