To initiate the SQSP process, provide supplemental instructions, and define additional requirements for the FY 2018 SQSP.

To provide updated pages for ET Handbook No. 401, 4th Edition, Change 2, on the ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers (UCFE/UCX).

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 funds for continued support of state consortia to modernize UI tax and benefit systems by addressing outdated information technology system infrastructures.

To further advise states of the expiration of the HCTC program and provide guidance regarding the phase out of the state data transmittals on eligible TAA recipients to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for HCTC purposes.

To announce OMB approval of the extension with revision of approved collection, OMB Control No. 1205-0499, for the quarterly progress reports (QPR) for the STC Grants. Approval of OMB Control No. 1205-0499 is extended through June 30, 2019.

To inform states of additional optional provisions that are approved for short-time compensation (STC) laws under section 3306(v)(10) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).

To provide State Workforce Agencies with increased flexibility to provide RESEA grant activities to UI claimants in addition to the targeted populations.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 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) 2018.