To clarify policy guidance previously issued to states and national YouthBuild program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) definition of “sequential service strategy” as it pertains to YouthBuild program participants under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. Specifically, this change TEGL clarifies eligibility requirements and how these requirements apply to the sequential service strategy.

To ensure states are aware that: 1) the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase for calendar year 2014, and 2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) provided by the Department of Defense.

To provide information and procedural guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) for receiving and handling requests for certification under the WOTC program, for all target groups, after the December 31, 2013, expiration date.

To promote innovative recommendations by the Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) on the use of Registered Apprenticeship as a critical and timely solution to the nation’s workforce, economic, and education challenges; and to encourage the state, regional, and local leaders and the public workforce system to utilize the vision report as a resource for supporting apprenticeship opportunities in their own communities.

To ensure states are aware of the revised Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program and reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2014.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs or “states”) to implement the sunset provisions to the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 (TAAEA or the 2011 Amendments) by providing operating instructions to apply to adversely affected workers covered by petitions filed on or after January 1, 2014, and identifying prior guidance that CSAs must continue to follow.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of the final report titled Assessment of the Workforce System’s Implementation of the Veterans’ Priority of Service Provision of the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002.

To announce two new UI-ICON applications developed in response to: 1) provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 for overpayment recoveries; and 2) provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 related to employer charges when employers fail to respond timely or adequately to requests for information.

To provide information and expand awareness of the expiration of the HCTC Program on January 1, 2014, and to advise Cooperating State Agencies (CSAs) in assisting job seekers and workers.

To inform and encourage American Job Center staff and State Workforce Agencies to use the Federal Bonding Program as an employer incentive when providing job placement services to assist ex-offenders and other at-risk job seekers. States may use Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds and their own resources to supplement Federal funding to provide these services.

This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) serves as a reminder to states of the importance of ensuring that duplication of services is not occurring as a result of co-enrolling participants in the WIA and Wagner-Peyser programs.

To respond to further questions from state workforce agencies and to provide guidance related to claims filed by furloughed workers during the October 1-16, 2013, Federal government lapse in appropriations, or “shutdown,” and administrative funding for the program pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014.

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

To announce the availability of a new online technology tool to support documentation of claimant work search activities which states may integrate directly into their current UI and workforce IT system infrastructure or that can serve as a model for states to do their own programming.

To request Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 166 grantees to submit nominations for appointment the Native American Employment and Training Council (NAETC) for consideration by Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez

The U.S. Department of Labor (Department), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce the availability of a new Short-Time Compensation (STC) technical assistance Web site. The Web site features resources from states that currently administer STC programs, and information from the Department regarding incentives for states to adopt new legislation and begin administering STC. The site is also a resource that states can use to improve existing STC programs. The Web site can be found at: https://stc.workforce3one.org.

To provide guidance related to the processing of UCFE claims filed by furloughed Federal employees during the October 1-16, 2013, Federal government shutdown.

To announce the availability of a Web-based training on modifications to the LERS, and the release of the accompanying LERS reference guide.

To provide guidance to the states regarding the content of the WIA Annual Report Narrative including: the procedures for submission of the report to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA); acceptable approaches to fulfilling the customer satisfaction requirements for PY 2012 and PY 2013; and narrative about strategies for serving veterans (as referenced in section 4, part F). The WIA Annual Report Narrative is due on Friday, November 15, 2013.