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Workforce agencies gaining media attention, for better or worse
August 16, 2005
While certainly not news of the "if it bleeds, it leads" variety, national media are starting to carry articles based on federal BAM statistics that have been released by the U.S. Department of Labor. A recent article in a Seattle newspaper commented on overpayment statistics for Washington and several neighboring states—including a report of the best and worst performing state workforce agencies. They didn't publish the entire list of agency performance.
Whether we like it or not—whether it’s constructive and valuable or destructive and detrimental—news gets published. And this type of article tends to get picked up and localized in other newspapers about 10 days after the initial release. So, it looks like more is to come and the issue won’t go away until dealt with. Historically, the best way to address these types of announcements is to recognize the problem, if there really is one, and explain what is being done to solve it. On Point Technology expects that the states will have something to say on this issue, and when they do, we are ready to help them spread the word.