1. August 16, 2005National Crosswalk Service Center Update

2. August 16, 2005National Crosswalk Service Center Update Topics A little history NCSC activity report Internet activity Data updates Licensing database issues and updates

3. August 16, 2005National Crosswalk Service Center Update NCSC History Center operated in Iowa since 1983 Support for state ALMIS Database administrators Info from Departments of Labor, Education, Defense, Commerce Files available from ftp://ftp.xwalkcenter.org

4. August 16, 2005National Crosswalk Service Center Update Information Updates NCSC Annual Report –2003-2004 –Downloads up by 90% to 72,000 –Customers include Nashville Area APO and Hignan University (Hong Kong) –www.almisdb.org maintenance –2004-2005 report expected in September or October

5. August 16, 2005National Crosswalk Service Center Update Internet Activity Maintain ARC home page Seminar information Database administrator survey

6. August 16, 2005National Crosswalk Service Center Update ALMIS Database Data Updates (July 2004-June 2005) Monthly CPI, LABFORCE and CES (two versions) BEA income O*NET database and lay titles Industry (QCEW) Census income Military crosswalk HUD income Population OES wages

7. August 16, 2005National Crosswalk Service Center Update Licensing Database National database manager for ACINet licensing data States furnish files to NCSC as deliverable under One-Stop LMI grant ACINet structure moving to version 2.3 of the ALMIS database E-mail packages with files and other material to be distributed to state ALMIS database administrators

8. August 16, 2005National Crosswalk Service Center Update Questions? Contact Info: –E-mail: ncsc@iowa.gov –Internet: www.xwalkcenter.org –Telephone: 515-242-5034 –Mail National Crosswalk Service Center Department of Education Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, IA 50319