Annual Partners Workshop Presentations

Demonstrating the Power of LED for Policy Analysis and Planning

• Janet Sten, Chief, Division of Workforce System Support, Office of Workforce Investment, Department of Labor
• Nancy Gordon, Associate Director for Strategic Planning and Innovation, Census Bureau
• Brenda Russell, Director, Illinois Department of Employment Security [PDF; File Size: 299KB]

Enhancing the Power of LED

• Demo of OnTheMap and Version 2 Enhancements. John Carpenter, Excensus, Inc. [PDF; File Size: 592KB]
• Economic Development HotReports. Cavan Capps, Census Bureau
• Disclosure Avoidance and Analytical Validity in OnTheMap. Fredrik Andersson, Census Bureau [PDF; File Size: 239KB]

Demonstrating the Power of LED: States and Regions

• Disaster Recovery/Emergency Preparedness Project. George Putnam, Illinois Department of Employment Security [PDF; File Size: 258KB]
• Metro Housing Affordability Indicators. Peter Haas, Center for Neighborhood Technology [PDF; File Size: 966KB]
• Pittsburgh Region Aging Project. Greg Lagana, Carnegie Mellon University Vanessa Lund, University of Pittsburgh, Kelleigh Butler, Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board, Karen Leahy, Pennsylvania Department of Labor [PDF; File Size: 690KB]

Demonstrating the Power of LED: Industry

• Fabricated Metal Workforce Project. Lisa Martin, Manufacturers Association of Maine [PDF; File Size: 202KB]
• Transportation Uses.Vonu Thakuriah, University of Illinois at Chicago

LED: National and Indispensable

• National Marketing Plan Discussion. Jeremy Wu, Census Bureau, Greg Weeks, Washington State Employment Security Department
• Open Forum

Powering Up with LED

• Challenges for New State Partners. Ralph Towler, Georgia Department of Labor
• Tour of Partners Only Resources on LED Website. Colleen Flannery, Census Bureau
• Training Curriculum. Greg Weeks, Washington State Employment Security Department
• LED User Group Website. Gary Yakimov, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
• Data Access, Alternate Data Sites, and Analytical Tools. Lars Vilhuber, Census Bureau
• Older Worker Reports. Matthew Graham, Census Bureau [PDF; File Size: 259KB]

Looking Ahead

• Upcoming LED Data Innovations. Erika McEntarfer, Census Bureau [PDF; File Size: 382KB]
• Self Employment Research. Kristin Sandusky, Census Bureau [PDF; File Size: 382KB]
• Using LED Data to Construct Daytime Working Population Estimates. Fredrik Andersson, Census Bureau [PDF; File Size: 283KB]