NCSC News
New O*NET Database... The National O*NET Center has released the O*NET Database Version 11.0 as a development database. See their home page or the NCSC O*NET 11.0 page for more information. (12/20/06)
O*NET Reference Guide Published...The National Crosswalk Service Center has completed a reference for a variety of topics that relate to the O*NET Database and its use in automated systems. More information and a link to the file can be found on our O*NET 10 page. (12/01/06)
O*NET Database, Web Page Changes...The National O*NET Center has placed Version 10.0 of the O*NET Database into production in their online systems, including O*NET Online. They have also made a number of enhancements to both the O*NET Online and O*NET Resource Center. See the What's New? Section on the Resource Center page for more information. The O*NET 10.0. database in a variety of database formats is available for downloading from our O*NET 10 page. (10/10/06)
New O*NET Lay Titles Files...The National O*NET Center has released the a file that links common occupational titles to occupations found in the O*NET 10.0 Database and the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). Well over 35,000 titles are included. We've added links to the files on our O*NET 10 page. (08/04/06)
New O*NET Development Databases...The
National O*NET Center has released the O*NET 10.0 Database as a development
version. This revision incorporates a significant update to the list of occupations
included in the taxonomy. You'll find more information about the database
as well as links to downloadable files on the O*NET Center's
New Military Crosswalk File...The Defense
Manpower Data Center (DMDC) has released an update to its crosswalk file that
links military occupations to civilian taxonomies. The NCSC has an MS Access
version of the file available on the server. You can view a
or 
The
NCSC has also created a Visual FoxPro database that can be used with the Workforce Information
Database. Information about the file and other information is available on
our Non-Standard Workforce Information Database Page.
(06/15/06)
Upcoming SOC, NAICS Changes...Both the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) are scheduled for updates. The Office of Management and
Budget is managing both revisions. The May 16 Federal Register contained
OMB's Also published on that date was a
Comments are due on 7/17/2006. (05/17/06)
O*NET Occupation Updates Coming...The development release of Version 10.0 of the O*NET Database scheduled for June 2006 includes a major update to the O*NET taxonomy. The changes will bring the O*NET classification closer to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). As a result, the number of data-level occupations will decline from 960 to 812. See the O*NET news page for more information. (04/14/06)
O*NET Online Enhancements...The National O*NET Center has introduced some enhancements to the information contained in their O*NET Online web site. The added features allow users to browse occupations associated with the Department of Labor's high growth industries, and to locate occupations associated with education/training programs from the Department of Education's Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). See the O*NET Online news page for more information. (04/14/06)
New O*NET Production Database...The
National O*NET Center has moved Version 9.0 of the O*NET Database into production in
their online systems. You'll find an announcement on their
New Geographic Resources...The NCSC has
developed a file containing over 1.9 million geocoded records from U.S.
Geological Survey maps. The features represented in the file are both natural and
manmade, ranging from airports to swamps. The file contains 66 distinct types
of map features and contains information for the 50 states, District of
Columbia and nine outlying territories. The NCSC has developed a They have created both
(03/10/06)
New O*NET Lay Titles...The National O*NET
Center has released one of their periodic updates to their lay title file
(common titles associated with Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) and
O*NET occupations). View their announcement You can also We've also
imported the files into a Visual FoxPro database for use with the Workforce Information
Database. Get more information about those files 
(03/03/06)
Geographic Area Revisions...Each year, the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revises names and configurations of
metropolitan and other statistical areas based on the latest population
estimates. The NCSC has developed a series of geographic files containing these
annual revisions for use in the Workforce Information Database. The files should also be useful
to other analysts who track data at the metropolitan area level. Visit the
NCSC's Workforce Information Database
Geography page for a description of the files. For a list of OMB
bulletins since 1995, visit their
Occupational Projections Resources...The
Bureau of Labor Statistics has released a couple of resources in the past month
or so. In early December, they released the new 2004-2014 employment
projections by industry andoccupation. We've reformatted that data and made MS
Access and FoxPro 2.6 versions available from
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