To provide guidance to the states regarding the content of the WIA Annual Report narrative; including strategies for serving veterans, acceptable approaches to fulfilling the customer satisfaction requirements, and the procedures for submission to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The Annual Report is due on Tuesday, December 15, 2015.

To inform state workforce agencies of the 2012 UI Integrity Summit scheduled for March 13-14, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia, and encourage staff participation at the summit.

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker FY 2016 funds, which became available to states in October 2015. This Change 3 to TEGL 29-14 revises the funding available to states on October 2015 to reflect the 0.2108 percent reduction enacted in the short-term Continuing Appropriations Resolution for FY 2016.

To inform the workforce community of a central online portal for training and resources related to financial and performance management for Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grants.

To provide guidance and planning information to states, local workforce areas, and other recipients of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I youth formula funds on the activities associated with the implementation of WIOA.

To invite state workforce agencies to submit proposals and funding requests to continue a UI REA program funded by a UI REA grant or to implement a UI REA program in a state, and to provide revised guidelines for UI REA programs for FY 2012 grants, including criteria governing the use of UI REA grant funds.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the extension, without any changes, of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) reporting, administrative, and processing forms under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

To provide states with updated guidance for the PUA program, specifically regarding expanded eligibility provisions authorized under Section 2102(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I)(kk) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

To enhance the public workforce system’s awareness of changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill that went into effect on October 1, 2011, which may provide additional employment and training opportunities to veterans who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001.

To provide the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) information on the extension of the EZs' new expiration date, the date when SWAs can start processing certification requests for the two target groups which require its members to reside in EZs, and a new EZ locator tool.