On Wednesday, January 20, 2009 Third Way hosted an event titled, “Help Wanted: New Ideas for American Jobs.” The event featured members of Congress including House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD-5), Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rep. Frank Kratovil (MD-1), Rep. Dan Maffei (NY-25), and Rep. John Boccieri (OH-16). The conversation was focused on creating jobs and promoting recovery and featured conversations on ways that the federal government can support recovery by spurring domestic manufacturing, entrepreneurship, small business, clean energy development, and other activities. Click below to watch archived footage of the event.

That same day, the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies released a report showing that Job seekers who use the Internet are more likely to keep actively looking for jobs and less likely to drop out of the labor pool than those without Internet access, as reported in Hillicon Valley.

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