• USDOL Announces 2013 Labor Surplus Areas

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The annual list of labor surplus areas is effective October 1, 2012, for all states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. A Labor Surplus Area (LSA) is a civil jurisdiction that has a civilian average annual unemployment rate during the previous two calendar years of 20 percent or more above the average annual civilian unemployment rate for all states during the same 24-month reference period. The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy uses the LSA list to identify where procurement set asides should be emphasized to strengthen our nation's economy. Connecticut Labor Surplus Areas for 2013: Ansonia, Bloomfield, Bridgeport, East Hartford, Hartford, Killingly, Meriden, Naugatuck, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Waterbury, and West Haven. Source: USDOL-ETA

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