Through this guidance, the Department of Labor is providing updated hourly State Wage Cap data for OJT under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Department is also providing guidance on the transition of funds from the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to WIOA as it relates to the OJT wage cap reimbursement rate.

To remind states to provide to the U.S. Department of Labor (Department), in their submissions under Form MA 8-7, information pertaining to confidentiality requirements in effect as of January 1, 2016, for conformity purposes.

To issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the SCSEP.

To advise state workforce agencies about their responsibilities related to the reinstatement of the HCTC program and information that individuals will need to confirm their status as an eligible TAA or ATAA/RTAA recipient to apply for HCTC, which is administered by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

This notice announces and solicits nominees for a State UI Profiling Methods Training Seminar to be held April 26 - 29, 2016, in Tempe, AZ.

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2016.

The purpose of this document is to notify workforce system leaders, and stakeholders of the standards for contractor recruiters involved in the Guam Military Base Realignment.

To announce the publication of the revised Section 188 WIOA Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Regulations (29 CFR Part 38) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on January 26, 2016.

To announce the 2016 National BTQ Review that will be held the week of May 16-20, 2016, at the Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., and request that Administrators from selected states ensure that two of their BTQ experts attend.

To announce the 2016 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Interstate Benefits and Federal Programs (IBFP) Training Conference scheduled to be held March 14-16, 2016, in Tucson, Arizona, and encourage state administrators to send their Interstate/Federal Program Coordinators and Interstate Connection (ICON) programmer(s) to the conference.