TEN 05-25 (Accessible PDF3).pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT NOTICE NO. 05-25 DATE February 2 2026 TO STATE GOVERNORS STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DIRECTORS STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS STATE LABOR MARKET INFORMATION DIRECTORS STATE RAPID RESPONSE COORDINATORS STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES STATE CTE DIRECTORS STATE EDUCATION COMMISSIONER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL APPRENTICESHIP DIRECTORS AMERICAN JOB CENTER OFFICE MANAGERS ALL EMPLOYMENT AND T RAINING ADMINISTRATION GRANTEES FROM HENRY MACK s Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Impact of a Temporary Suspension of Federal Government Services on Department of Labor s Employment and Training Administration and Office of Career Technical and Adult Education Funded Programs and Activities 1. Purpose. To provide Employment and Training Administration ETA and Office of Career Technical and Adult Education OCTAE grant award recipients and stakeholders with information about how a temporary suspension of Federal Government services impacts the execution of ETA and OCTAE funded programs and services. 2. Action Requested. Please review the attached Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration ETA General Questions and Answers Regarding the Impact of a Lapse in Congressional Appropriations and share with appropriate staff. 3. Summary and Background. a. Summary This Training Employment Notice TEN informs the education and workforce systems of the availability of the attached Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration ETA General Questions and Answers Regarding the Impact of a Lapse in Congressional Appropriations. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WASHINGTON D.C. 20210 2 b. Background H.R. 5371 the Continuing Appropriations Agriculture Legislative Branch Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Extensions Act 2026 Public Law 119-37 was enacted on November 12 2025 and continued funding to ETA at the same level under the same authority and conditions and for the same projects and activities as were provided for in H.R. 1968 the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 Public Law 119-4. The latest continuing resolution expired on January 31 2026 at 12 00 AM. Federal departments and agencies without additional Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations including ETA will engage in orderly lapse-in- appropriations activities and then be shut down until appropriations are enacted. Agencies will be permitted to perform only activities that have already been funded and do not require significant Federal oversight or excepted activities which may include those activities related to the orderly suspension of operations and otherwise fall into a narrow definition of allowable activities. Most ETA staff will be furloughed and unable to work during the government lapse in appropriations. ETA provides grant administration services supporting the Department of Education s OCTAE programs under an Interagency Agreement signed in May 2025. Because this information is applicable to the OCTAE grants that ETA supports OCTAE grant award recipients have been included in this Notice. 4. Questions and Answers. The attachment titled Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration General Questions and Answers Regarding the Impact of a Lapse in Congressional Appropriations describes the impact of a lapse in appropriations on the execution of ETA and OCTAE funded programs and services including the a. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs b. Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service c. American Job Center operations d. Job Corps e. Competitively funded grants f. Trade Adjustment Assistance g. Foreign Labor Certification Programs h. Dislocated Worker Grants i. Registered Apprenticeship programs including Registered Apprenticeship grants j. DOL-sponsored online career tools k. Unemployment Compensation programs including Disaster Unemployment Assistance and l. OCTAE programs. You may find common questions for the above programs and services in the attachment. 5. References. H.R. 5371 Continuing Appropriations Agriculture Legislative Branch Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Extensions Act 2026 Public Law 119-37 H.R.5371 - 119 th Congress 2025-2026 Continuing Appropriations Agriculture Legislative Branch Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Extensions Act 2026 Congress.gov Library of Congress 3 H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 Public Law 119-4 H.R.1968 - 119th Congress 2025-2026 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025 Congress.gov Library of Congress H.R. 2882 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 Public Law 118-47 H.R.2882 - 118th Congress 2023-2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 Congress.gov Library of Congress Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 03-22 Impacts of Lapses in Federal Appropriations on State Administration of Unemployment Insurance UI Programs and Federal Agencies issued November 22 2021 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER No. 03-22 U.S. Department of Labor dol.gov . 6. Attachment. I. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration General Questions and Answers Regarding the Impact of a Lapse in Congressional Appropriations.