To provide guidance to states on best practices for payment of unemployment compensation by debit cards.

To inform workforce system stakeholders of additional technical assistance options related to the Section 1512 Reporting Requirements in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

To provide initial guidance on the information necessary to effectively implement the reporting requirements included in Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

To notify states of upcoming changes to the collection and reporting of data on the ETA 581 Contributions Operations report and the Tax Performance System (TPS) program reviews intended to measure the effectiveness of state SUTA dumping detection and enforcement methods and to solicit state volunteers to test these changes.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009. The Recovery Act is intended to preserve and create jobs, promote the nation’s economic recovery, and assist those most impacted by the recession. Under the Recovery Act, Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) will receive funding to improve the energy efficiency of public housing units across the country. On May 26th Secretary Shaun Donovan of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued a joint letter announcing the establishment of a pilot program to link public housing residents with their local Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and its One Stop Career System. This notice is intended to alert the workforce investment system to the partnership between HUD and the Department of Labor (DOL) and to be prepared to work with representatives from local Public Housing Agencies and connect public housing residents to One Stop Career Centers.

To announce the Recovery and Reemployment Research Conference to be held September 15-16, 2009 at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C., and to encourage participation by the workforce community of policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and federal partners.

This notice announces and solicits nominees for a UI Benefit Financing Seminar to be held October 27-30, 2009, in Alexandria, Va.

To announce upcoming webinars that will be held the week of July 20, 2009, to provide information on implementing the guidance set forth in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-09-21, Implementing Guidance for the Reports on Use of Funds Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

To (1) advise states of the Department of Labor’s (Department’s) revised position for determining if amounts are available for the payment of unemployment compensation (UC) for purposes of obtaining a Title XII advance and to (2) provide procedures for establishing Administrative Subaccounts in the state’s account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF).

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 funds for technology-based overpayment prevention, detection, and collection infrastructure investments to support integrity-related activities.

To announce the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Interstate Benefits and Federal Programs Training Conference scheduled to be held September 8-10, 2009, in St. Petersburg, Florida and to encourage state workforce agency staff participation.

(1) To advise states of two important clarifications about Pell Grant eligibility requirements, (2) to encourage states to use procedures that inform Unemployment Insurance (UI) beneficiaries before enrollment whether training is considered by the state as UI Approved Training, and (3) to remind states that determinations made on UI Approved Training requests may be reported as “countable” non-monetary determinations for workload purposes.

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) 2009

To announce and solicit nominations for two sessions of the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Legislative Seminar

1. To provide preliminary FY 2010 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 2010 resource planning; and
3. To explain how base resources were allocated among states.

Notice to inform the Workforce Community regarding the availability of Financial Management Training Tutorials on the Workforce3One Web site.

As summer months approaches there is typically a decline in national Onboard Strength for Job Corps centers. Conversely, many YouthBuild programs are oversubscribed and have extensive waiting lists. The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to: a) provide information to YouthBuild programs of the education and training services offered by Job Corps; b) to describe benefits provide best practices of current partnerships and c) provide information to available tools designed to implement a partnership.

To summarize the UI program’s GPRA performance for FY 2008 and announce the FY 2009 and FY 2010 GPRA goals and targets.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the opportunity to submit a supplemental budget request (SBR) for costs associated with implementing the initiative to enable more unemployment insurance (UI) beneficiaries to obtain training without affecting their benefit rights, and to notify beneficiaries of potential eligibility for Pell Grants and other student aid.

To announce the grant application process and to transmit guidance for the development and management of the PY 2009 Workforce Information Grants to States.