To respond to questions from state workforce agencies and state workforce liaisons related to the October 2013 Federal government lapse in appropriations, or “shutdown,” and administrative funding for relevant programs pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Act).

To provide instructions for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) housing grantees for preparing and submitting grant plans for Program Year (PY) 2014, and to convey the grant allocations for the program year.

To provide instructions for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) employment and training grantees for preparing and submitting grant plans for Program Year (PY) 2014, and to convey the grant allocations for the program year.

To announce the 2014 UI Integrity Summit that will be held on May 13-14, 2014, in Washington, D.C.

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective January 2014.

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce the availability of Workforce Board Solutions, a web-based collection of governance resources for State and Local Boards as well as the debut of several new technical assistance products. While these tools and databases have been primarily developed for Board members and staff, the new website and its holdings have value for the wider public workforce system.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014.

To provide an updated directory of Federal agencies that request detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data, which supports the U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to transmit guidelines to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) on the preparation and submission of the AOP, and to designate the significant MSFW states, the significant MSFW local offices, and the bilingual local offices for PY 2014

To announce the 2014 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Interstate Benefits and Federal Programs (IBFP) Training Conference scheduled to be held April 29-30, 2014, in Madison, Wisconsin, and encourage state administrators to send their Interstate/Federal Program Coordinators and Interstate Connection (ICON) programmer(s) to the conference

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2014.

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 inform the workforce community of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) consolidation and publication of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards; Final Rule on December 26, 2013.

To inform states of additional optional provisions that are approved for short-time compensation (STC) laws under section 3306(v)(10) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) in administering the TAA program by identifying the FY 2014 Initial Allocation amounts to states and describing the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department or We) used to calculate these amounts; and to describe the process for states to request TAA program reserve funds for training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.

To issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To further advise states of the expiration of the HCTC program and provide guidance regarding the phase out of the state data transmittals on eligible TAA recipients to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for HCTC purposes.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2014 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

To provide guidance regarding the use of HCTC NEG funds available for health insurance coverage assistance and support for eligible Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) recipients and other eligible individuals, due to the expiration of the HCTC Program on January 1, 2014.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and State Monitor Advocates (SMAs) of the 2014 “National Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker State Monitor Advocate Training,” sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The training will be held in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Department of Labor from May 20 to May 22, 2014.