This piece lays out details of the Telecommunications Skilled Workforce Act, legislation that addresses the shortage of trained telecommunications workers across the United States and calls for an official estimate of the number of skilled workers needed, a collaborative effort to craft recommendations addressing workforce needs, and guidance on how states can help.

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An essay from 2001 that discusses how the growth of the internet and e-commerce will impact the labor market. The author identifies three factors: the method by which employers and potential employees find each other, the move towards delivery of labor via the internet, and how the internet could affect the reliance on local labor.