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Reference: Unemployment Insurance Program Letter No. 16-94 Background: RQC is a comprehensive performance measurement system, initiated by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), to assist State UI managers in evaluating the effectiveness of their Unemployment Compensation (UC) tax operations. The Unemployment Insurance Service (UIS) was assigned the task of RQC design and development. A UIS taskforce was formed comprised of ETA's Office of Regional Management, State UC tax program professionals on Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignments, and State administration experts on tax policy and procedures, who provided guidance on RQC design and development in advisory capacities (expert panel). To date, UC tax experts from 18 States have served as advisors and participated in IPA assignments, providing valuable linkages between theory and practice without which RQC could not have reached this final stage of preparing for formal implementation. The IPA and expert panel experience has also provided the participant States a resident source of better understanding the interrelationship of State UC tax programs. With the expiration of current IPA assignments, new opportunities will be available. Current Status of RQC: In addition to the 18 States participating in the design and development of RQC, 52 States have participated in voluntary implementation of RQC. The experience gained in actual applications of RQC measures under varying State rules and procedures gave the RQC Task Force immeasurable guidance and generated a number of modifications in the measurement of tax operations accuracy, timeliness, and completeness. The RQC's next steps involve assisting States and Regions with program implementation, e.g., going on technical assistance trips; developing and delivering any needed training; and ensuring that RQC revisions to reported tax data are understood and that States are able to begin reporting new and revised data elements. State Nomination of Staff to Provide Technical Support in the Development of RQC: The contractual assignments for our present IPAs will end in late summer. Replacements will be needed to assure a smooth phase-in of RQC. The RQC Work Group is seeking individuals with a broad range of expertise in State UC tax operations, some understanding of automation in tax operations and with good writing and analytical skills. The IPA candidates who are selected will participate in developing resolutions to problems and issues uncovered in the voluntary implementation phase of RQC. They will be instrumental in coordinating ETA 581 requirements with RQC Operations Handbook measurement criteria for the phase-in of mandatory RQC. Selected candidates will join RQC in Washington, D.C., on 12 to l8 month assignments, beginning in late fiscal year 1994. An individual serving an IPA assignment with RQC remains a State employee, continuing to draw his/her State salary and benefits. Direction and control, while on IPA assignment, are provided by Federal staff. Salary and relocation/per diem expenses may be paid by the State, the Department of Labor, or shared, depending on the type of arrangements negotiated between the State and the Department. The IPAs are entitled to either (1) the reasonable cost of relocation to and from Washington, DC; or (2) the reasonable cost of living expenses (per diem) while working in Washington, DC. Action Required: State Administrators are requested to: a. Notify appropriate staff of opportunities for IPA assignments, and b. Forward resumes of interested applicants to the ETA Regional Office (RO) within 30 days of this UIPL. Applicant resumes should show work history, describe duties, name and phone number of the applicant's supervisor, and the applicant's phone number.

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Background: On the former annual JTPA Title III Worker Adjustment Program Report (WAPR), the instruction for the outcome, "Called Back/Remained with the Layoff Employer," specified use of this outcome when the participant was being recalled by that employer to a permanent job. Until now, this instruction also was used for the DWSPR. More recent experience has indicated that often a participant may be recalled by the layoff employer to a temporary job. The current instruction for this outcome on the Standardized Information Program Report (SPIR), Item 38, only specifies: "Indicate whether the participant was called back or remained with the layoff employer." (Projects funded under the JTPA Title III National Reserve use the SPIR to report non-financial information on participants at termination.) The instruction for this outcome on the DWSPR, Section II, Line 14, is changed to delete the two references to "permanent" job. This DWSPR change will apply only to terminations of participants from the Defense Conversion Adjustment Program (DCAP), the Clean Air Employment Transition Assistance (CAETA) Program, or the Defense Diversification Program (DDP). This action will reflect current experience and provide a single ETA standardized definition for this outcome. Action Required: State JTPA or Worker Adjustment Liaisons are requested to distribute the attached revised page of instructions for the DWSPR to all officials within the State who need such information. A. OUTCOMES The sum of Lines 12 through 16 should equal the entry on Line 11. Line 12. Entered Unsubsidized Employment from Retraining Enter the total number of participants who, at termination, entered full- or part-time unsubsidized employment from Retraining through the end of the reporting period. (These participants may or may not have also received Basic Readjustment Services.) This entry is a sub-breakout of Line 11. NOTE: The entry for Line 12 cannot be greater than the entry for Line 48. NOTE: Unsubsidized employment means employment not financed from funds provided under the grant or the JTPA Program, and includes, for reporting purposes, entry into the Armed Forces of the U.S., entry into employment in a registered apprenticeship program and terminees who become self-employed. Line 13. Entered Unsubsidized Employment from Basic Readjustment Services ONLY Enter the total number of participants who, at termination, entered full- or part-time unsubsidized employment through the end of the reporting period and had received Basic Readjustment Services ONLY, i.e., had not received any retraining. This entry is a sub- breakout of Line 11. NOTE: The entry for Line 13 cannot be greater than the entry for Line 47. Line 14. Called Back/Remained with the Layoff Employer Enter the total number of terminees under the grant who, after being laid off by an employer, were recalled by that employer to a job at the same or another location through the end of the reporting period. Also include terminees under the grant who remained in a job with an employer after receipt of a layoff notice from that employer. This entry is a sub-breakout of Line 11. NOTE: Do not include such terminees in the entry for Lines 12 or 13, above. Line 15. Transferred to Other Training Program Enter the total number of terminees who transferred to and entered training programs funded with JTPA or non-JTPA monies, through the end of the reporting period. Also include in this entry terminees who transferred to and entered programs funded under another grant. This entry is a sub-breakout of Line 11.

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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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