Chief Bill Schultz told the commission the Fort Lauderdale Police Department has about 571 sworn officers and roughly 30–31 vacancies; he said overtime is driven by vacancies, absences and event demands and that overtime is typically less expensive than hiring immediately.

Christian Harris demonstrated how QWI and QCEW can be combined to study employer turnover, showing methods (stable QWI and four-quarter averages) used to remove seasonality and comparing New York State to national turnover rates by industry.

University of Kansas analysts reported that 2024 EVV records covered over 27,000 service participants and ~25,000 direct support workers; analysis showed more than 77% of the home-based workforce is self-directed and a preliminary annual turnover rate of 38%.

In a Census Bureau webinar, supervisory program analyst Arlene Dowell demonstrated LEHD products — OnTheMap, OnTheMap for Emergency Management, QWI Explorer, Job-to-Job flows, VEO and PSEO — showing how users can map commuting patterns, estimate disaster-area vulnerabilities and examine veteran and postsecondary earnings outcomes.

A legislatively mandated study will examine whether DNR wildland and aviation firefighters should be enrolled in the enhanced public-safety plan; staff noted 359 positions identified by DNR, cross-jurisdictional definitional issues, and the need for data-sharing and actuarial pricing before policy recommendations can be made.

Members raised concerns that national datasets used in the Lightcast report may not reflect recent local changes — notably the closure of Northland College and federal workforce layoffs — and asked NRPC to incorporate Wisconsin DOA and updated county data before finalizing projections in the comprehensive plan.

A Bergen Commission subcommittee agreed to review a draft AIR workload analysis of special-education staffing this week, provide coordinated feedback and draft an executive-summary contribution to the Bergen Commission report ahead of a July 1 deadline.

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DCYF staff presented proposed workforce definitions to standardize analysis across MERIT, ELMS and other systems, described technical limitations, and introduced separate definitions for 'big‑picture' workforce counts and qualification‑focused datasets as well as an FFN category for family, friend, neighbor providers.

City leaders analyze housing creation trends from 2017 to 2024 and business recovery efforts.

Researcher clarifies county wage data is inaccurate and not representative of actual employment.

ERC board approves aggregating Lightcast data for job analysis while maintaining data silos.

The committee voted to report SB 181, a seafood-task-force recommendation to enable data sharing between the University of Alaska (ISER) and the Department of Labor to support policymaking. No public testimony was offered and the bill was reported with individual recommendations and a fiscal note.

The Senate Labor and Commerce Committee heard testimony supporting SB 181 to formalize data-sharing between the University of Alaska and the Department of Labor so researchers can produce more timely, community-level workforce analysis while protecting confidentiality.

EEC staff described a phased plan to replace fragmented educator registries with one professional portal that will integrate certification, profiles and the LMS, reduce duplicate records, and enable linking educators to programs to improve analysis of retention and wages.

The Policy & Services Committee voted May 12 to send a city auditor's report to full council after the audit found police and fire rely heavily on overtime (about $7.5 million in FY2024), police staffing remains below pre-pandemic levels and recommended staffing analyses, recruitment efforts and improved overtime tracking.

Policymakers are entering uncharted territory without employment data that is being withheld because of its shutdown.