In June 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Expanding Apprenticeships in America, which lays out an expanded vision for apprenticeship in America. This revised Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides additional information on a framework for an important part of this expanded approach: Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs. The TEN has been revised to provide additional information concerning high-quality apprenticeships and what is necessary to support them. This revised TEN will subsequently be accompanied by a revised and finalized application form, which the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) will announce as available through a www.apprenticeship.gov. The Department will accept submissions through this form from entities interested in receiving a favorable determination that their characteristics, policies, and procedures align with the features this TEN describes. The Department encourages entities to continue to develop plans, structures, and key partnerships that will form the basis for a successful submission.

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) 2019.

To issue enhanced Recommended Operating Procedures (ROPs) for NDNH and SDNH Cross-Matching Activity, that expand upon ROPs previously attached to Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 19-11, National Effort to Reduce Improper Payments in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program, by providing additional guidance and updated best practices on the use of New Hires tools.

To announce the availability of an enhanced Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist to assist state UI agencies in preparing to launch modernized UI IT systems that support administration of UI benefits and/or tax systems.

This Training and Employment Guidance (TEGL) 01-18, Change 1 provides the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees with revised program year (PY) 2018 allocations.

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies regarding FY 2019 annual grant allocations for foreign labor certification activities.

To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments for PY 2019 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166 programs, and to notify grantees of the required submission of Standard Form (SF) 424 – Application for Federal Assistance, SF 424A – Budget Information (Non-Construction Programs), and Budget Narrative. This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) also provides guidance on high carry-in of funding at the end of PY 2018.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with revised allocations, and the process and procedures for modifying their original PY 2018 grant submissions.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2019 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2019 BAM data.

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2019.

This guidance provides states and outlying areas with revised allotment levels for WIOA Title I Adult, DW, Youth, and Wagner-Peyser Act ES PY 2018 funds. This Change 2 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 16-17 restores PY 2018 appropriated funding set aside for program integrity purposes.

To address and modify the below items within the Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 17-18 for purposes of clarity and management. All other information in TEGL 17-18 remains the same.

To provide preparation and submission instructions and convey grant allotments for Program Year (PY) 2019.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) how to obtain updated contact information for Federal agencies requesting detailed Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) or Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) benefit payment data, which support the United States Department of Labor’s (Department) quarterly unemployment compensation billing statements.

To provide SCSEP state, territorial, and national grantees with the PY 2019 SCSEP allotments and the application instructions for PY 2019 grant submissions.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWA) and Monitor Advocates (MA) of the 2019 Monitor Advocate National Training sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The training will be held at the Denver Federal Center (DFC) in Denver, Colorado, June 25-28, 2019. Some Regional Monitor Advocates (RMA) may request that the State Monitor Advocates (SMA) in their region stay until 12pm on Friday for pre-harvest discussions.

To announce the availability of $73 million in Program Year (PY 18) funds to States to increase the number of apprentices in Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs). To announce allotment levels and application procedures. To provide guidance on the use of funds.

This guidance announces the phasing out of State Apprenticeship Expansion grants (FOA-ETA-16-13) and plans to further support statewide apprenticeship expansion by granting PY 18 apprenticeship funds appropriated under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-141) to States, as defined at 29 CFR Section 29.2. The term "State" means "any of the 50 States of the United States, District of Columbia, or any Territory or possession of the United States."

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To notify addressees that the link to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Labor Standards and Enforcement Regional Staff Contacts has changed.

To announce the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA's) creation of two new UI State Performance Excellence Awards to recognize states for program integrity performance and communicate a change to the performance evaluation time period for all future awards.