To distribute an electronic version of a new Guide to State and Local Workforce Data: For Analysis and Informed Decision Making (hereafter referred to as the "Guide"), which makes it easy for a wide variety of users to understand what state and local labor market information/workforce information (LMI/WI) is available on various topics and to locate specific data tables quickly.

To provide guidance to states impacted by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulting from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil drilling platform regarding: 1) documentation and reimbursement for oil spill related activities; 2) identification of workers unemployed as a result of the oil spill; 3) reporting requirements related to oil spill activities; 4) confidentiality provisions that apply to information sharing between the state and the "responsible party" (RP) and/or the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF); and 5) information on the disposition of the reimbursed funds.

This guidance does not supplant current or future guidance from the Department of Justice (DOJ), agency, or state counsels’ office pertaining to documentation for cost recovery under the Oil Pollution Act (OPA).

To notify states that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will conduct an assessment of state quarterly financial reports – ETA Form 9130 (OMB Control No. 1205-0461). The assessment will focus on whether each state’s reported data on obligations meets ETA requirements provided in the 9130 instructions and other ETA provided financial reporting guidance and training.

To announce the Road to Recovery: Strategies for Reemployment Conference, which will be held December 14-15, 2010, in Arlington, Virginia, encourage the participation of state Unemployment Insurance (UI) staff, and provide information on how state UI agencies may be reimbursed for actual travel and per diem to attend the conference.

To announce the Road to Recovery: Strategies for Reemployment Conference, which will be held December 14-15, 2010, in Arlington, Virginia, encourage the participation of state Unemployment Insurance (UI) staff, and provide information on how state UI agencies may be reimbursed for actual travel and per diem to attend the conference.

To provide states with the formula methodology used in developing the FY 2011 initial allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training, job search, and relocation allowances.

To provide guidance on compliance with the requirements of recent appropriations act provisions, including Section 511, Division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law No. 111-117, regarding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-10, The Role of Unemployment Insurance As an Automatic Stabilizer During a Recession.

To inform all Employment and Training (ETA) workforce system agencies of additional Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reporting requirements under the FFATA effective October 1, 2010.

To encourage states to establish parameters for funding entrepreneurial and self-employment training under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), which authorizes the provision of entrepreneurial training to adult and dislocated workers, and authorizes entrepreneurial work experiences for youth.