To announce a virtual Tribal Consultation the Department plans to conduct regarding the effectiveness in serving employers (ESE) performance indicator in the regulations for the Indian and Native American (INA) program authorized under section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), scheduled for October 19, 2021, 2 p.m. ET on http://www.workforcegps.org.

To remind the workforce community that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ETA Advisories issued using the following signature block "ANGELA HANKS /s/" constitute official guidance.

To announce the availability of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Quick Reference Guide for Employers.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from October 1 - December 31, 2021, (first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022).

To announce the timeline for data collection and reporting using the renewed ICRs for performance data collection approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (OMB Control Numbers 1205-0526 and 1205-0521), including amendments to the Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL) and submission through WIPS.

To remind states that the waiver of the obligation of ETPs to report performance data on all students in a training program has expired and to provide key information about how this change affects ETP reporting requirements.

To provide states with instructions on how to access the BPA resources, including procedures to establish orders against the Department's BPAs for identity proofing services. The resources include the State BPA Ordering Guide, Roles and Responsibilities of States, Funding Attestation Template, and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

To provide states information about preliminary FY 2022 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.

To remind the workforce community that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ETA Advisories issued using the following signature block "LENITA JACOBS-SIMMONS /s/" constitute official guidance.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to advise States of the availability of an Operations Checklist, developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), for use by States to ensure they have systems and procedures in place to properly administer the Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) program enacted in Section 261 of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act (Continued Assistance Act).