This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) provides information to state workforce agencies about changes to NAICS coding for calendar year 2012 and requests that states update industry codes on employer unemployment insurance (UI) accounts.

To remind states of their obligations to provide meaningful access to the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program for individuals with limited English proficiency and to provide guidance to states about reasonable steps that should be taken to help ensure individuals understand their rights and responsibilities related to UI.

To provide states with instructions for payment of interest due on Title XII advances at the end of each Federal fiscal year and to explain the consequences to the states of failing to timely pay interest due.

To announce a U.S. Department of Labor (Department) initiative to support states in convening cross-functional UI integrity task forces in September 2011, and developing state-specific strategic plans to aggressively reduce the UI improper payment rate and alert state UI administrators that the initiative is underway.

UIPL 27-11 was not issued.

As the Federal partner in the national workforce investment system, the Department of Labor (the Department) has seen the benefits of the use of state partnership and consortia approaches to support the public workforce investment system.

To share the publication of the Federal Interagency Reentry Council "Reentry MythBuster" series, which is aimed at dispelling commonly held misunderstandings about Federal policies that affect ex-offenders and their reentry into society.

To provide updated information to the state workforce agencies, local workforce investment boards (LWIBs), and One-Stop Career Centers on the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program, including changes to the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) policies for Employment Networks (ENs)

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (jointly referred to as “states”) to submit Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) determination amendment requests to the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (OTAA).  Effective October 1, 2011, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) encourages states to submit all requests to amend existing TAA certifications under the Trade Act of 1974, as amended via the following electronic mail address: amendments.taa@dol.gov.

To solicit nominations for the 2011 UI Innovation Awards and announce the upcoming presentation of the 2011 Performance Awards.