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Department of Labor and Workforce Development - Labor Market Information

Mission

Produce and disseminate objective economic and demographic information.

Core Services

  • Provide timely economic and demographic statistics and analysis.
  • Maximize the accuracy of information produced.
Arrow GraphicMission Results Core Services
A: Provide satisfactory Labor Market Information services.  Details >
  • TARGET #1: 90 percent of survey respondents rate Labor Market Information (LMI) services as three or better on a scale of one to five.
A1: Provide timely economic and demographic statistics and analysis.  Details >
  • TARGET #1: Meet or exceed all Bureau of Labor Statistics program deliverable deadlines.
  • TARGET #2: Submit all state required reports on time.
A2: Maximize the accuracy of information produced.  Details >
  • TARGET #1: Meet or exceed an 85 percent response rate on the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Annual Refiling Survey.

Performance Detail


A: Result - Provide satisfactory Labor Market Information services.
    
Target #1: 90 percent of survey respondents rate Labor Market Information (LMI) services as three or better on a scale of one to five.

Methodology: Source: Labor Market Information - online survey

Analysis of results and challenges: The Labor Market Information program collects customer satisfaction data through constantly available web-based surveys and periodic mail surveys. Customer satisfaction ratings for Labor Market Information services have been above the target level of 90 percent for the last six years and for ten out of the last 12 years.

The Labor Market Information (LMI) program collects customer satisfaction data through both web-based and e-mail surveys. The surveys have four main objectives: 1) to determine customer awareness of products and services; 2) to measure general satisfaction with LMI's information; 3) to measure satisfaction with specific LMI products; and 4) to solicit customer feedback with an eye toward better meeting customer needs.


A1: Core Service - Provide timely economic and demographic statistics and analysis.
    
Target #1: Meet or exceed all Bureau of Labor Statistics program deliverable deadlines.

Methodology: Labor Market Information - Bureau of Labor Statistics Cooperative Agreement

Analysis of results and challenges: All Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) program deliverables were met once again in federal fiscal year 2020. Federal deliverables include six different federal-state cooperative statistical programs (Current Employment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses) and a large number of final and intermediate deadlines and deliverables.
    
Target #2: Submit all state required reports on time.

Methodology: Labor Market Information - Program deliverables

Analysis of results and challenges: All statutorily-required reports were been completed on time again in 2020.

A2: Core Service - Maximize the accuracy of information produced.
    
Target #1: Meet or exceed an 85 percent response rate on the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Annual Refiling Survey.

Methodology: Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; a federal/state cooperative program between the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section; and the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Analysis of results and challenges: Although Alaska met its deliverable with the Bureau of Labor Statistics to achieve at least a 75 percent response rate, we did not meet our internal deliverable of 85 percent in 2020 due to the survey being ended early because of COVID-19 disruptions.

The Annual Refiling Survey (ARS) is the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) mechanism for maintaining current information in its sampling frame. Every year, state Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) offices mail ARS forms to approximately one-third of the Unemployment Insurance account holders in their states. These BLS-designed forms ask respondents to verify the business name, mailing address, physical location address, borough/census area, and economic activity for the location(s) in that state. Alaska regularly exceeds the BLS target response rate of 75 percent.

 

Current as of November 30, 2020