To advise states of the latest extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program and temporary Extended Benefits (EB) provisions, and new temporary EB provisions.

To provide additional information about the temporary changes to the federal-state extended benefits (EB) program made by the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, and remind states of the continuation of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) nonreduction rule.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To advise states of a new Core Measure in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Performs performance management system to evaluate state UI employer audit programs and include elements of worker misclassification detection and enforcement.

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) 2011

To provide guidelines for the FY 2020 UI RESEA grants and to invite StateWorkforce Agencies to submit applications for funding.

To ensure states are aware that: 1) the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will not increase for calendar year 2011, and 2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site

To provide advance notice to states on the implementation of the revised submittal schedule for states’ submissions of the Biennial SQSP and the Alternate Year SQSPs.

To ensure states are aware of the revised Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program, which was issued December 28, 2010, and reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2011.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.