To provide information and a reminder regarding the Questionable Employment Tax Practices (QETP) program with respect to state unemployment insurance (UI) tax administration.

To provide information to state workforce agencies related to amendments to Federal law by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016 that: 1) increase the number of days of active duty required to be performed by reserve component members for such duty to be considered "Federal service" for purposes of Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX); 2) modify eligibility for UCX for certain individuals; and, 3) include a technical amendment to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).

To initiate the SQSP process and define additional requirements for the FY 2022 SQSP.

To announce the launch of WorkforceGPS.org - the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) new technical assistance website. WorkforceGPS.org will replace Workforce3One.org immediately.

To remind the workforce community that during the COVID-19 Pandemic, ETA Advisories issued using the following signature block "LENITA JACOBS-SIMMONS /s/" constitute official guidance.

Building on historic bipartisan support from Congress and leadership across a broad range of States, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) is announcing $90 million available this year through the ApprenticeshipUSA initiative. ApprenticeshipUSA is a national campaign bringing together a broad range of stakeholders, including employers, labor, States, education and workforce partners, to expand and diversify Registered Apprenticeship in the United States. Through this TEGL and a forthcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement DOL will invest a total of $61.5 million in State-led strategies to grow and diversify apprenticeship. The remaining funds will be used to invest in national intermediaries and activities to engage employers, expand and diversify Registered Apprenticeship to new sectors and under-served populations, and promote innovation and excellence in this critical earn and learn strategy. For more information on ApprenticeshipUSA investments, please see www.dol.gov/apprenticeship.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to advise States of the availability of an Operations Checklist, developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), for use by States to ensure they have systems and procedures in place to properly administer the Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation (MEUC) program enacted in Section 261 of the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act (Continued Assistance Act).

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2016.

To provide states information about preliminary FY 2022 UI State Administration base resource planning targets, general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among the states.

To correct the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number in the TEGL which is required to apply for ApprenticeshipUSA funding at www.grants.gov. The correct CFDA number is 17.285 (not 17.201 as previously cited).