ANCHORAGE, AK — The Analytical Consulting Group, LLC (ACG) is now offering a variety of in-class trainings on accounting, payroll, grant management, budgeting, Microsoft programs and other system software. Many of these hands-on trainings are provided in a one-day course or can be completed within a few days. “These trainings help Alaska businesses and organizations […]
BETHEL —Governor Bill Walker today signed legislation to help build a Stronger Alaska, and convened his cabinet in Bethel to discuss rural access and support issues. Governor Walker, Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott, and the Cabinet also hosted a community reception for Bethel residents. “I’m very pleased Lt. Governor Mallott, our commissioners, and I had the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development has received grants totaling $462,435 from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand statewide reemployment services to Unemployment Insurance claimants through December 2016. Services will focus on two groups of unemployed workers: Unemployment Insurance claimants most likely to exhaust benefits and all recently-separated military personnel. These […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Employment in Alaska increased by 2,591 jobs, or 0.8 percent, in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014. Average monthly employment from January through June was 335,330. Employers paid $9.0 billion in wages during the first six months of 2015, a 2.1 percent increase from the same period in […]