To provide information to states about FY 2021 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2021 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2021 BAM data.

To provide guidance to states on the proportional distribution methodology for recovering federally funded UC benefits, which are held by banks and financial institutions as a result of suspicious and/or potentially fraudulent activity.

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 2016, and 2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site.

To advise states of appropriate circumstances for assessing a monetary fraud penalty and for assessing interest and other collection costs on benefit overpayments created under the CARES Act (Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136), as amended; and to provide instructions for circumstances under which a state may waive recovery of overpayments, including limited circumstances for permissible use of "blanket waivers."

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2016.

To provide guidance to states regarding UC flexibilities related to COVID-19, specifically on how states can use the STC program to support reopening the economy.

To request that states provide the Department of Labor (Department), using Form MA 8-7, information pertaining to state compliance for receipt of emergency administrative grants. Additionally, this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) clarifies the benefit offset requirements for collection of overpayments.

To remind states to provide to the U.S. Department of Labor (Department), in their submissions under Form MA 8-7, information pertaining to confidentiality requirements in effect as of January 1, 2016, for conformity purposes.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from July 1 - September 30, 2021, (fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021).