To announce a partnership between the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) encouraging collaborations between the workforce investment system and public libraries aimed at improving the quality and quantity of employment and training services to job seekers and unemployed individuals.

To provide notice of final designation and funding allotments of WIA Section 166 grantees for the Supplemental Youth Services and Comprehensive Services (Adult) Program for PY 2010 through PY 2011.

To (1) inform states of amendments to the procedures to implement a program to recover unemployment compensation (UC) debt under the “Treasury Offset Program” (TOP) as well as provide the most current and accurate information on those procedures; and (2) reiterate the due process requirement for establishing that a debt is recoverable using the TOP.

1. To provide preliminary FY 2011 dollar and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans;
2. To provide general guidelines for FY 2011 resource planning; and
3. To explain how base resources were allocated among states.

To provide information to the workforce investment system on the approximate schedule for the next YouthBuild competition.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to (1) inform the public workforce system about the pilot project to test a regression-based method for performance target setting at the national, state, and local Workforce Investment Board (WIB) levels for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title I programs and (2) ask states to submit requests to participate in the pilot and to participate in the refinement of the model to help inform the full implementation.

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2010 UI funds for automation acquisitions that will allow states to implement technological improvements to better serve UI beneficiaries and employers, to accommodate large increases in UI workloads, and to improve program performance.

To inform and remind the workforce investment system of the performance reporting requirements and associated timelines for submitting quarterly and annual reports and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs and National Emergency Grants (NEG); Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service; activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Programs); the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program; the Indian and Native American Program (INAP); and the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). Furthermore, this guidance announces a modification to the Source Documentation Requirements for Program Year (PY) 2009 WIA Data Element Validation.

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 funds for technology-based infrastructure investments that support integrity-related activities designed to prevent, detect, and collect UI overpayments.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-07 titled Use of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services by Newly Unemployed Leavers from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to: 1) define layoff aversion, and 2) provide guidance on the appropriate use of incumbent worker training (IWT) for layoff aversion if using local or Rapid Response funds via waiver.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to notify Indian and Native American grantees of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) decision to provide designated grantees with the option to extend the two-year Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) plan and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) plan through PY 2010. The reason for extending the current two-year plan is to align the Native American Program’s planning cycle with the State Workforce System’s planning cycle (State Workforce strategic plans have been extended for one additional PY). This will allow better coordination between the States and the Native American Program when developing partnerships and negotiating Memorandums of Understanding. In addition, the Department of Labor (DOL) is anticipating the reauthorization of WIA within the next year which may require the two-year strategic plans to be modified again.

To extend the deadlines for all phases of the Career Videos for America’s Job Seekers Challenge.

To announce the release and availability of the subject ETA Occasional Paper and its accompanying appendixes on the methodology used in the sample design and the baseline survey.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-02 titled, Assisting Newcomers through Employment and Support Services: An Evaluation of the New Americans Centers Demonstration Project in Arkansas and Iowa (Final Report), prepared by The Urban Institute.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-05: Implementing Efficiency Measures for Employment and Training Programs Final Report

To provide additional guidance on the “Nonreduction Rule” under the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program.

The purpose of this advisory is to clarify the requirements regarding timing of submission of the Youth Self-Attestation Form and to transmit the revised instructions to the Youth Self-Attestation Form.

This guidance provides SCSEP grant applicants with application instructions, procedures, and allotments for Program Year (PY) 2010 funds, with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2010.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance for use of WIA Youth formula funded activities in PY 2010 building from the experience and lessons learned during the implementation of the Youth program in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009.