To provide the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with final funding allotments for the administration of the WOTC program through September 30, 2013.

To provide additional guidance to states concerning unemployment compensation (UC) modernization incentive payments, the recent special administrative transfers, and to correct guidance related to relief from interest on advances to state unemployment funds.

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2013.

To inform state workforce agencies (SWAs) about plans and the timetable for upgrading the UI-ICON to take advantage of new technologies and better support more diverse state information technology (IT) architectures.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Papers:  Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative:  Interim Report and Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative:  Final Report.

To announce the release and availability of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) Occasional Paper 2009-9:
Trends in the Structure of the Labor Market and Unemployment: Implications for U.S. Unemployment Insurance.

The purpose of this advisory is to inform the SWAs that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is granting an extension period where employers or their representatives can file WOTC certification requests for new hires using the previously OMB-approved June 2007 ETA Forms 9061 or 9062.

To announce the release and availability of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) report:  Evaluation of the National Farmworker Jobs Program

To provide corrected information on the 2009 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increases in social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and Federal civilian pensions and to rescind Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 8-09.

To provide State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperative State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") with the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department, or We) used to develop the FY 2013 initial allocation, and to describe the process by which states may request TAA program reserve funds. The term "Program Funds," used below, refers to the funds appropriated for states to provide Training, Employment and Case Management Services, Job Search Allowances, and Relocation Allowances, including the State Administration of these benefits and services to trade-affected workers.