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Federal Military Pensions Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs)
To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual COLA provided by the Department of Defense.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
2026 Pay Adjustments for Annual Salary Rates for General Schedule (GS) Federal Employees in 53 Locality Pay Areas
To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federalcivilian employees.
Please direct all inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
Payment Management System Mandatory Payment Request Justification
To provide Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant and cooperative agreement recipients (recipients) with information regarding the Payment Management System’s (PMS) mandatory payment request justification, ETA’s review and approval of payment request justifications, as well as to provide examples of acceptable payment request justifications.
Please direct any inquiries as follows:
a. Questions on this Guidance – please contact your assigned Federal Project Officer (FPO) or the appropriate regional or national program office.
b. PMS Technical Assistance – please contact the PMS Helpdesk at: PMSSupport@psc.hhs.gov and copy your assigned FPO. Submit an online ticket at: https://gditshared.servicenowservices.com/hhs_pms.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIASIONS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARDS
ALL DIRECT AWARD RECIPIENTS
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
Rescission of Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 01-24: Equitable Access in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program
To rescind Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 01-24.
States should direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
Removal of Language from Summary and/or Background Sections in Active Guidance to Align with Executive Order (EO) 14148
To remove certain language from the Summary and/or Background sections of Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 16-20, Change 6; UIPL No. 16-20, Change 7; UIPL No. 16-20, Change 8; UIPL No. 28-20, Change 2; UIPL No. 28-20, Change 4; and UIPL No. 20-21, Change 1 to align with EO 14148.
States should direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
Amendments to Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 08-24, Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Grants
To Amend UIPL No. 08-24 Pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 14148, Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.
States should direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
Amendments to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 11-23, Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Funding Allotments and Operating Guidance for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Grants
To Amend TEGL No. 11-23 Pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 14148, Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.
States should direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
State Performance Targets and Midyear Performance Assessment for Fiscal Year 2025 Unemployment Insurance Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Outcome Payments
To publish Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 state-level Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) outcome payment performance targets for the reemployment and reduced Unemployment Insurance (UI) duration of RESEA participants and to provide states with a midyear analysis of their performance levels compared against these targets.
Please direct inquiries regarding the information in this TEN to the appropriate ETA Regional Office and OUI.RESEA@dol.gov.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019 Reporting Year 2025 Procedures for the Completion of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Data
To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2025 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN
Acting Assistant Secretary
