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5 Steps to Take Advantage of New Job Quality Guidelines

5 Steps to Take Advantage of New Job Quality Guidelines

Over the next decade, $2 Trillion in new Infrastructure funding is coming into our communities. New federal guidance means that states and local communities will now be allowed to attach enforceable policies to these federally-funded projects to require good paying...

Rutgers Presentation: Empowering States & Localities

Rutgers Presentation: Empowering States & Localities

Jobs to Move America and Rutgers' School of Management and Labor Relations hosted a webinar on empowering states and localities after the OMB's changes to the Uniform Guidance. See the presentation from the event below. OMB UG Presentation

Rutgers Webinar: Empowering States and Localities

Rutgers Webinar: Empowering States and Localities

Jobs to Move America and Rutgers' School of Management and Labor Relations hosted a webinar on how to use the recent changes to the OMB's Uniform Guidance to make federal funds work for communities and workers. Watch it below.

Coalition Comment on Proposed Updates to Uniform Guidance

Coalition Comment on Proposed Updates to Uniform Guidance

The Local Opportunities Coalition, alongside supporting partner organizations, constitute 148 organizations from across the country who submitted comments regarding proposed updates to federal grant rules—known as the Uniform Guidance—that dictate how states and...

Jobs to Move America and UCLA Law Review Webinar

Jobs to Move America and UCLA Law Review Webinar

On November 8, 2023, Jobs to Move America and the UCLA Law Review presented “Preemption Through Procurement” a webinar discussing the evolution and impact of a long standing legal misinterpretation of “competition” in federal procurement law, which has prevented state...

2023 Congressional Letter

2023 Congressional Letter

Last week, a letter signed by 61 Members of Congress was sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in support of the Local Opportunities Campaign efforts to update current federal grant regulations, which are known as the Uniform Guidance. The letter was led...

Webinar: Local and Targeted Hiring

Webinar: Local and Targeted Hiring

On May 13, 2022, Jobs to Move America partnered with the EARN Network to host an event on local and targeted hiring practices.  The webinar, which also featured speakers from LA Metro and Stand Up Nashville, discussed the historical and legal background of local and...