To provide updated pages for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax Performance System (TPS) Handbook, ET Handbook No. 407, 4th Edition.

To announce a series of Webinars to engage the public in implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (the Workforce Act or the Act). Additionally, the Department has established a Resource Page that contains resource information on the Workforce Act, including implementation timelines and questions and answers.

Announcement of a new initiative to provide coordinated federal resources and support for an Energy Regional Innovation Cluster, and to encourage the public workforce system to become partners in this effort.

To formalize Trade Adjustment Assistance Data Integrity as a required component of quarterly reporting submitted by State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs or "states") and to establish procedures for corrective action by the Department of Labor (Department) in the event of non-compliance.

To provide a revision and clarification to policy guidance previously issued to states and national YouthBuild program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) definition of “school dropout” as it pertains to YouthBuild program participants under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance for the use of WIA Youth-funded activities in PY 2014.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To announce and solicit nominations for the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Legislative Seminar.

To provide guidance to the states in determining and allocating the costs of assessing and collecting penalties and interest (P&I) that are collected under a state’s unemployment compensation (UC) law and used for non-UC purposes.

To advise state workforce agencies of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) efforts to: 1) reengineer UI benefits program accountability processes in response to the UI system's needs within the context of available capacity and resources and 2) to advise states of ETA's intent to engage states to gain their input in the reengineering process.