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Supporting a Unified Talent Development System
To disseminate the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Career Technical and Adult Education’s (OCTAE’s) Program Memorandum 26-3 to the public workforce system. Memorandum 26-3 outlines practical strategies for states to support a unified talent development system that seamlessly connects secondary education, postsecondary education, workforce training, and employment, by aligning activities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, reauthorized as the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V).
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
LABOR COMMISSIONERS
AMERICAN JOB CENTERS
ALL ETA GRANTEES
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND TRIBAL COLLEGES
STATE APPRENTICESHIP AGENCIES
JOB CORPS CENTERS
STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
STATE CTE DIRECTORS
STATE EDUCATION COMMISSIONERS
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
Announcement of Enhancements to Identity Verification Services and Funding Opportunity to Support State Costs Associated with Participation in Such Services
To advise states that the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is enhancing its identity (ID) verification services offering via the U.S. General Services Administration’s(GSA) Login.gov and to announce a new funding opportunity to support state-incurred expenses related to participation in these ID verification services.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
Updated Dates for Permanent Transition of Unemployment Insurance Required Reports and Benefit Accuracy Measurement Applications from the Unemployment Insurance Database Management System to the Unemployment Insurance Reporting System
To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with an updated notice of the upcoming permanent transition of the Unemployment Insurance Required Reports (UIR) and Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) applications from Unemployment Insurance Database Management System (UIDBMS) to Unemployment Insurance Reporting System (UIRS); to provide instructions to SWAs on how to submit data to UIRS; and to advise SWAs that starting January 20, 2026, all states must transmit their UIR data only through UIRS and that starting February 9, 2026, all states must transmit their BAM data only through UIRS.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
Rescission of Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 10-23, Change 2: Work Authorization Verification in Grant Programs Administered by the Employment and Training Administration
To rescind Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 10-23, Change 2.
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS
AMERICAN JOB CENTER DIRECTOR
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONERS
JOB CORPS PROGRAM
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT SECTION 166
INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN GRANTEES
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT SECTION 167
MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM GRANTEES
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT SECTION 169
REENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES GRANTEES AND OTHER DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT SECTION 171
YOUTHBUILD GRANTEES
SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM GRANTEES
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance Weekly Benefit Amount: April 1 – June 30, 2026
To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 – June 30, 2026 (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026).
Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
