This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides a framework for standardizing the collection and reporting of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) self-service only participant information. A more standardized approach will help ensure more consistent and comparable data on the numbers and characteristics of individuals who self-access workforce investment system information, and the activities primarily accessed through the use of electronic technologies and financially supported by both WIA and Wagner-Peyser Employment Service resources.

In general, this TEN clarifies self-service performance reporting policy by reiterating the existing definition and reporting instructions for WIA self-service only participants, examining how those instructions impact WIA performance data, and offering a “roadmap” for consistent reporting across the states and territories.

To provide an updated directory of Federal civilian and military agencies that have requested detailed benefit payment data, which supports the Department of Labor’s quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

To announce the release and availability of the ETA Occasional Paper 2010-08: Growing America Through Entrepreneurship: Final Evaluation of Project GATE

The intent of this guidance is to further clarify and consolidate changes to the performance reporting requirements for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. As such, this document replaces Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 24-08, issued May 21, 2009.

To request Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 166 grantees to submit nominations for consideration by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, for appointment to fill expiring terms of membership on the Native American Employment and Training Council (Council).

To respond to questions about the extension of and modifications to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) program and to advise states of a change to Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 04-10, Change 3, about states’ responsibilities when individuals are entitled to unemployment benefits in more than one state.

To announce upcoming activities and events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the unemployment insurance (UI) program, and to announce the UI Hall of Fame and UI Innovation Awards.

To issue the revised federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program.

To provide clarification on match requirements and allowable construction costs under the YouthBuild Program.

To announce the National Rapid Response Initiative, a comprehensive, collaborative effort to promote consistent, high quality, timely and innovative responses to economic transition across the country. Through this Initiative, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will collaborate with state and local Rapid Response practitioners and partners to assess the current system capacity, identify areas for improvement, and provide training and technical assistance to support the system in addressing the identified needs.

Through this guidance, the Department of Labor is providing additional detail on the one-time availability of On-the-Job Training National Emergency Grants (OJT NEGs) funded with ARRA resources announced in Training and Employment Notice (TEN) 38-09.

To provide updated pages for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax Performance System (TPS) Handbook, ET Handbook No. 407, 5th Edition.

To provide checklists of all currently active ETA Advisories as well as checklists of all ETA Advisories rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.

To advise states of the extension of and modifications to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) program, the extension of the temporary provisions for the federal-state Extended Benefits (EB) program, and the expiration of the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program.

To announce the grant application process and to transmit guidance for the development, management, and delivery of state LMI/WI core and special information services to state and local workforce investment boards (WIBs), One-Stop Career Centers, and the job-seeking public.

To provide states with the amounts and formula methodology used in developing the FY 2010 second distribution.

To clarify the use of YouthBuild funds expended under the Program Year (PY) 2007 grant awards, PY 2008 grant awards, and PY 2009 grant awards.

To announce the release and availability of an ETA quantitative evaluation report: Use of One-Stops by Social Security Disability Beneficiaries in Four States Implementing Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiatives.

To assist the State Workforce Agencies designated by the Governors as “cooperating state agencies” (CSAs) for administration of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program in implementing the funding and merit staffing of state administration provisions of the new regulations at 20 CFR Part 618, published on April 2, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 16988 - 17002).

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2010.