To advise eligible entities for the Department of Labor’s (Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending projects that the deadline for submitting an application has been extended to March 31, 2023.

To provide clarification and alignment of the reporting of training types in the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) and promote consistent and reliable data analysis across the DOL’s employment and training programs.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2023 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2023 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit a RESEA State Plan.

To announce the 2023 State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) “Don’t Miss the Train to Integrity” SIDES Seminar Informational Webinars that will be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) from February 9, 2023, through March 23, 2023.

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2023.

To advise states that the deadline for submitting a grant application for additional administrative costs under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program is extended to February 24, 2023, and that the Department has extended the deadline to expend PUA administrative funds from June 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024.

To inform grant recipients of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) plan to replace its legacy grant processing system and to share information regarding the implementation schedule for GrantSolutions for grant processing and the Payment Management System (PMS) for financial reporting.

This training and employment guidance letter defines the characteristics of a good job; explains why job quality is important; and outlines how the workforce system should integrate good job strategies into its employer partnerships and workforce training.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware that employers seeking to hire foreign workers for temporary employment under a supplemental H-2B visa cap for work certified to commence in FY 2023 must contact an American Job Center (AJC) for assistance in recruiting U.S. workers for their job opportunities.