Background: Training and Employment Information Notice (TEIN) 44-93, dated March 29, 1994, alerted the States of planned layoffs by AT&T, and to efforts by the Alliance for Employee Growth and Development, Inc. (The Alliance) to assist employees affected by the layoffs. The aforementioned TEIN alerted the States that throughout 1994 and into 1995, AT&T will close at least 39 Operator Service Centers in 31 States, affecting several thousand employees. We encouraged the States to work cooperatively with The Alliance representatives. We now have learned that additional closings and layoffs are planned. Information on Additional Layoffs: Attached is a list of four additional AT&T Operator Service Centers that will be closing in the near future, along with closing dates and the numbers of workers that will be affected. The Consumer Services organization within AT&T also is closing seven centers throughout the country starting July 1; those locations are also included on the list. These closings will affect over two thousand additional workers. Action: States should alert local offices and grantees where additional AT&T layoffs will occur and share this TEIN with them. States are asked to continue their efforts to work cooperatively with The Alliance representatives to promote training and job placement efforts for these laid off workers. List of Additional Closing Sites for AT&T Operator Service Centers and Closing Sites for AT&T Consumer Sales and Service Centers

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Background: States finance three different types of unem-ployment compensation (UC): regular, extended and additional benefits. Reporting for AB differs, in some respects, from regular and extended benefits. This Reports and Analysis Letter is issued to ensure that States are properly identifying and reporting AB. Definition of AB: Definitions for regular, extended and additional benefits are found in the extended benefit (EB) law (the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (EUCA)) and the EB regulations at 20 CFR Part 615. Regular benefits are those benefits normally payable under a State law, including UCFE and UCX. Extended benefits (EB) are those benefits payable under provisions of State law consistent with the EUCA and the EB regulations. AB or "additional compensation," is defined in Section 205(4), EUCA, as: compensation payable to exhaustees by reason of conditions of high unemployment or by reason of other special factors. "Compensation" is defined in Section 3306(h), FUTA, as "cash benefits payable to individuals with respect to their unemploy- ment." The EB regulations at 20 C.F.R. 615.5(a) define the term "exhaustee" as, in pertinent part, an individual who: (1) Has received ... all of the regular compensation that was payable under the applicable State law ... for the applicable benefit year .... The EB regulations at 20 C.F.R. 615.5(2)(f) also provides a definition of AB. This definition provides that AB is: compensation totally financed by a State and payable under a State [UC] law by reason of conditions of high unemployment or by reason of other special factors ... Section 1.E.2 of the UI Reports Handbook, ET Handbook No. 401, contains a similar definition. In sum, AB is: (1) a cash benefit paid to individuals with respect to their unemployment; (2) paid to individuals who have received all regular benefits for the applicable benefit year; (3) totally financed by a State; and (4) paid due to conditions of high unemployment or "other special factors." Examples of AB include, but are not limited to, the following: -- Programs extending duration of benefits for all exhaus- tees. -- Programs extending duration for special groups of exhaus- tees such as workers in a specific industry, factory or locality. -- Programs extending duration for individuals in approved training. -- Programs extending duration for individuals unemployed due to a disaster. As long as the payments are made with respect to the individual's unemployment, the source of funding for the payment is not relevant. Therefore, payments of AB may be made from a State's unemployment fund or another State fund. In most States, the individual's additional entitlement is determined after the individual has actually exhausted regular benefits. In other States the individual's additional entitlement is determined at the time of filing a first claim for regular benefits. In both cases, the additional entitlement is considered to be AB since it becomes payable only after the individual has exhausted regular benefits. Reporting Instructions for AB: a. Workload Reports. States are reimbursed for adminis- trative costs for workload under AB programs. To that end, AB workload is to be reported on the UI-3 report. Instructions for the UI-3 report are contained in the annual Program and Budget Plan, ET Handbook No. 336. b. Statistical Reports. Programmatic data on AB is to be reported only on the ETA 539 report. Effective with reports for the period beginning October 1, 1994, AB data should not be reported on, or in any way be included in, any version of the following statistical reports: ETA 5159, ETA 207, ETA 218, and 5130. Instructions on removing AB counts from the ETA 207 and the ETA 5130, the only of the above reports currently requiring the inclusion of AB, will be issued under separate cover. Concerning the 539 report, AB weeks claimed will be reported as required by Sections 1.F.13 and 14 of the UI Reports Handbook, ET Handbook No. 401, under the "ABT" and "ABUI" items. c. Fund Reports. AB paid from the State's unemployment fund is to be reported as a disbursement on line 45 ("Other") of the ETA 2112 report. AB paid from a State fund which is not the unemployment fund is to be reported as a deposit on either line 24 or 25 ("From Other Sources") and as a disbursement on line 45 ("Other"). Amounts drawn down from the State's account in the Unemployment Trust Fund for the payment of AB are to be included in the ETA 8401 and 8413 reports. Action Required: Please inform appropriate staff of these instructions.

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Background. Mr. Dowd brings with him a sensitivity and a wealth of experience covering a wide variety of situations related to the Department's Indian and Native American programs. He has served in a numerous capacities, including both a local program operator and an advisory committee member. In addition, he has volunteered his time to work with many other grantees to improve their operations and in the conduct of the grantees annual meeting. Mr. Dowd will join the Department on or about August 1, 1994. He is currently completing work on a contract that he previously entered into in another capacity. We know you will join us in welcoming Mr. Dowd to this program. As Assistant Secretary Ross indicated in the satellite downlink at the 15th National Indian and Native American Employment and Training Conference, Mr. Dowd, as the new Chief, DINAP, will have direct access to his office on policy issues. The DINAP organization will continue to be housed within the Office of Special Targeted Programs. We look forward to working with Mr. Dowd as the Department continues to build upon present efforts in establishing a partnership which allows us to jointly serve our customers, Indians and Native Americans who need the assistance which our programs offer. Inquiries. Questions should be directed to your Federal Representative (202) 219-5504.

References. DINAP Bulletin No. 92-24; A Guide to Smartlink 11, Enclosure (1), Sub-account Structure and Program Year and Title Codes. Background. Within the next few days, most section 401 grantees will be receiving their signed grant documents and Notices of Obligation (NOO's), which will authorize them to operate title IV-A programs for PY 1994. Most eligible grantees have already received signed Summer Plans and NOO's allowing them to operate title 11-B programs for the summer of 1994. Grantees who use the PMS to draw down their Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funds will need to use the following sub-account codes to draw down the appropriate funds. Grantees who continue to obtain their funds through the SF-270, Request for Advance or Reimbursement, will not be affected by this bulletin. Sub-account Code Instructions. The new sub-account code for PY 1994 title IV-A funds will be 5K (see attachment). As indicated last year in DINAP Bulletin No. 92-24, the subaccount code required to access title 11-B funds for the summer of 1994 is 3A. These sub-accounts correspond to the planning funding document (printout) transmitted to all grantees with Change 1 to DINAP Bulletin No. 93-15. All previously issued sub-account codes remain the same, including the "split" subaccounts for last summer's (1993) money. As a reminder, the subaccount code for PY 1992 title 11-B funds is lu, and the subaccount code for Fy 1993 title 11-B funds is 2W. Grantees are reminded that, when drawing down funds under either title, the oldest remaining funds should be drawn down first, so that as many subaccounts as possible can be "zeroed out." The only exception to this rule is when a grantee has been officially notified that it has exceeded the carry-in limit for a given funding period and, as a result, a specified amount previously allocated is no longer available to the program. In such cases, the Grant Officer will issue further instructions on a case-by-case basis. Action Required. Section 401 Indian and Native American grantees are requested to follow the instructions contained in section 4, above. Inquiries. Questions should be addressed to Barbara Manning on (202) 219-7798 or Greg Gross on (202) 219-7509.