To amend the consolidated list of "acceptable" narrative reasons for separation transmitted in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 3-95 and UIPL No. 3-95, Changes 1, 2, and 3 to include Force Shaping-Voluntary Separation Payment (VSP) as an acceptable narrative reason for separation.

To inform state workforce agencies (SWAs) about an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) initiative related to “questionable employment tax practices” (QETP) and to encourage SWAs to participate in this initiative.

To provide a new Federal Identification Code (FIC) for the U.S. Bureau of the Census and solicit state cooperation in handling the large influx of claimants expected as a result of the 2010 decennial census.

To provide states and outlying areas with WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for Program Year (PY) 2007; final allotments for PY 2007 Employment Service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the Consolidated Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) FY 2007.

To transmit instructions for implementing the revised ETA-563 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Quarterly Activities Report.

TEGL No. 13-06, Change 1, has four purposes:

• To inform states that May 1, 2007, is the revised deadline for submission of modifications of their State Strategic Plans for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act (“the State Plan”) for years three and four of the current five-year planning cycle;
  
  
• To announce an option for states with newly-elected governors to request an additional sixty days to submit their State Plan modifications;
  
  
• To announce an electronic mail address for states to submit inquiries regarding the planning process to the Employment and Training Administration; and
  
  
• To provide additional instructions to states for modifying their State Plans using the unified planning guidance issued on April 12, 2005.

To announce a fourth ETA-sponsored national training session on federal financial and administrative requirements to be held in 2007.

Due to a high level of interest in the first three Financial and Administrative Forums, ETA is sponsoring a fourth session. The primary goal of this session is to provide in-depth guidance and technical support on ETA financial and administrative requirements. Topics for the forum include financial reporting, monitoring, procurement, indirect costs, salary and bonus limitations, audit requirements, and a host of other financial and administrative management topics. The forum will provide educational opportunities for state, local and discretionary grantees and enhance their understanding of the requirements of operating Federal grants. Fiscal and administrative staff working in ETA's formula and discretionary grant programs should attend. Interested program staff is also invited to attend.

To update procedures for State Workforce Agencies and ETA National Processing Centers to process H-2B labor certification applications in non-agricultural occupations.

To announce the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 funds to improve UI Information Technology Security.

To announce the reauthorization of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program under the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-432) and provide procedural guidance to the states for processing requests for certification under the amended program.

To inform states and local areas about the phase-out of AJB, scheduled for June 30, 2007, and the transition actions that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is conducting.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title 1B performance and customer satisfaction goals and performance levels for the Wagner-Peyser Act Program for Program Year (PY) 2007 and PY 2008. These negotiated performance goals will be incorporated into the State Strategic Plans for the WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act as part of the modifications states will be making for Years Three and Four of the Strategic Five-Year State Planning cycle.

To provide the following information for FY 2007: UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To inform state workforce agencies of a revised and expanded series of BAM PCA/DCA questions and answers available on the Employment and Training Administration Web site, which supersedes questions and answers previously issued in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 28-02 (June 10, 2002) and UIPL No. 45-01 (July 27, 2001).

To announce Workforce Innovations 2007 to be held at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Center, July 17 – 19, 2007.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2007 annual plans and grant allocations for the Alien Labor Certification (ALC) programs.

To announce the release and the availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2007-01: “Managing Customers’ Training Choices: Findings from the Individual Training Account Experiment”- Final Report

To announce the rate of interest the U.S. Treasury Department will charge on Title XII advances (loans) during CY 2007.

To update the directory of Federal (civilian) and military agencies that have requested detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data which supports the Department of Labor’s quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

To announce a new study to examine rapid response services, to request that state and local officials respond to a survey, and to thank state and local officials for their participation in the study.