The Center For Employment Security Education & Research Inc.

The Center For Employment Security Education & Research Inc., doing business as Naswa Services, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and subsidiary of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies that operates as a federal grant recipient and contract prime, delivering unemployment insurance program integrity, interstate data-exchange systems, and technical assistance to state workforce agencies on behalf of the Employment and Training Administration. The organization competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-asides, anchoring its federal footprint in cooperative agreements under the Unemployment Insurance (CFDA 17.225) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (CFDA 17.281) grant programs rather than contract vehicles.

Naswa Services functions as the operational manager of multiple interstate unemployment insurance data systems and integrity initiatives. Its core capability portfolio centers on operating and enhancing the Interstate Connection Network (ICON), State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES), and State Wage Interchange System (SWIS) — systems enabling wage data sharing and claims verification across all fifty states and U.S. territories. The organization also operates the UI Integrity Center of Excellence, providing training, technical assistance, and fraud-detection support to state agencies nationwide. Recent representative grants include a $10.16 million cooperative agreement awarded September 1, 2025, for continued ICON operation and enhancement through December 31, 2026; a $9 million cooperative agreement dated September 30, 2025, for the CESER UI Integrity Center supporting state program integrity and improper-payment reduction; and a $4.93 million cooperative agreement effective July 1, 2025, for SIDES platform operation and maintenance. A $9 million definitive contract with the Department of Labor (awarded September 25, 2023, labor-hour pricing) supports Integrity Data Hub Enhancements, and a $1.436 million purchase order from the Employment and Training Administration (awarded September 30, 2026) funds Naswa data licensing through September 29, 2031.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of Labor and its subordinate offices (Employment and Training Administration, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy) account for 100% of recent federal awards by count and combined potential value. The Employment and Training Administration alone represents 55 of 59 total awards. The organization also holds a single-award NSF research collaboration. Naswa Services operates as a prime recipient on 90% of awards (53 of 59), with sub-awards comprising 10% of the portfolio — primarily grant sub-awards flowing through the Utah Department of Workforce Services for UI training center cooperative agreements, and a single contract sub-award with ABT Global LLC for reemployment services evidence-building on an IQC contract.

The vendor does not maintain seats on government-wide IDIQs or major contract vehicles. The organization carries two task orders on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and The Professional Services Schedule, representing minimal contract vehicle exposure; the overwhelming majority of federal funding flows through direct cooperative grant agreements with the Employment and Training Administration, a posture that reflects its positioning as a critical operational intermediary between federal workforce policy and state administrative infrastructure. Six awards (combined potential value $9 million) complete within the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure concentrated in the Unemployment Insurance program ecosystem.

Service Contract Inventory data records nine SCI submissions (seven as prime, two as named subcontractor) across fiscal years 2022–2025, with zero invoiced revenue reported and zero FTE assignments in the dataset. This signals that Naswa Services' federal work, while substantial in grant dollar volume ($13.4 million combined potential value across the 59-award footprint), consists entirely of cooperative agreements and nontraditional service contract arrangements falling outside the SCI reporting threshold or classification. The organization's actual workforce and staffing levels are not captured in the SCI dataset, which covers only service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold and excludes grant administration work.