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Senate committee hears bill to streamline University of Alaska access to Department of Labor data
Summary
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.
Senator Bjorkman convened the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee on March 9 and opened the first hearing on SB 181, a bill described by staff as enabling formal data sharing between the University of Alaska and the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The bill, presented by Tim Lampkin, staff to Senate President Stevens, seeks statutory authority to streamline collaboration so university researchers and state analysts can produce cross-sector reports and statistical analyses more efficiently. "It supports collaboration between University of Alaska and the Department of Labor and workforce development," Lampkin…
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