To announce the release and availability of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Occasional Paper:  Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:  Workforce Development and Unemployment Insurance Provisions.

This guidance letter updates the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA section 503 Incentive Grants.

This notice is to inform the public workforce investment system about the new insurance coverage opportunities in the new Health Insurance Marketplace as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and to outline potential opportunities to assist job seekers and business customers about how and where to sign up for coverage.

To provide a revised copy of ETA Form 9042 and 9042a, Petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance and Solicitud de Asistencia Para Ajuste del Comercio.

To inform the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of non-substantive changes made to ETA Form 9061, “Individual Characteristics Form.”

To assist the State Workforce Agencies designated by the Governor as "cooperating state agencies" in implementing the provisions of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 that amend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, and creates or expands programs for Workers, Firms, Communities, and Farmers.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of IPIA 2013 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of IPIA 2013 BAM data, and to amend the BAM case completion requirements in the BAM State Operations Handbook (ET Handbook No. 395, 5th Edition).

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President 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. Among other funding directed toward the Department of Labor (DOL), the Recovery Act provides $750 million for a program of competitive grants for worker training and placement in high growth and emerging industries. Of the $750 million allotted for competitive grants, the Recovery Act designates $500 million for projects that prepare workers for careers in the energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors described in Section 171(e)(1)(B) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), as amended to incorporate the Green Jobs Act of 2007. This notice describes the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) initial plans for awarding these "green job training" funds under the Recovery Act so that interested organizations can begin to plan for the application process and can strengthen or build partnerships to be successful applicants.

To inform the workforce system of the implementation of the Final Rule establishing the UNTEER for veterans and eligible persons for use in evaluating States’ performance in assisting veterans to meet their employment needs.

To provide the following information for FY 2009 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.