To advise states of sequestration rules for FY 2024 to ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) apply these rules to mandatory Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs.

To announce the availability of $9.5 million to assist SCSEP state and territory grantees with IT implementation and support costs related to the Department of Labor transition and implementation of the new Grantee Performance Management System (GPMS) case management tool. These grants will be funded through SCSEP recaptured funds.

This Change provides clarification/updates to the ETA-9130 financial reporting guidance contained in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 16-22.

To provide states with instructions for reconciling funding under Section 2105 of the CARES Act, as amended: Temporary Full Federal Funding of the First Week of Compensable Regular Unemployment for States with No Waiting Week.

To provide information regarding the 2024 UI SIDES Seminar to be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on March 12-14, 2024, in Pittsburgh, PA.

To rescind revised Appendix E of ET Handbook No. 407 and Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 16-23, Issuance of Revised Appendix E of the Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 407.

This Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 06-23 conveys additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 WOTC funding allotments and application requirements for State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), based on funding appropriated through a continuing resolution (CR) through February 2, 2024. The rest of TEGL No. 06-23 remains the same.

To advise and provide clarity to State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs or “States”) on the ongoing required activities under the TAA Program pending reauthorization.

To announce the Department of Labor’s (Department’s) interpretation concerning the application of state finality laws to temporary UC programs created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as amended.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.