To remind states to provide to the U.S. Department of Labor (Department), in their submissions under Form MA 8-7, information pertaining to confidentiality requirements in effect as of January 1, 2016, for conformity purposes.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs or "states") to implement the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program reversion provisions of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015) by providing operating instructions that apply to the program benefits applicable to adversely affected workers covered by petitions filed on or after July 1, 2021, and by identifying prior guidance that remains applicable to CSAs. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) refers to this version of the TAA Program, described in these operating instructions set out in Attachment A, as "Reversion 2021."

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective January 2016.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from July 1 - September 30, 2021, (fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2021).

To announce the 2016 National UI BTQ Review - Summer Session that will be held the week of June 13-17, 2016, at the Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC, and request that Administrators from selected states ensure that two of their BTQ experts attend.

To announce the availability of up to $43 million for the CAREER (Comprehensive and Accessible Reemployment through Equitable Employment Recovery) National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs), with award amounts of up to $3 million. These funds will support the public workforce system in connecting job seekers to employment as the economy recovers from the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

To announce the release and availability of the research report, Evaluation of Programs Funded by the Technology-Based Learning (TBL) Grants Final Report.

To provide program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the WIGS.

To provide information to states about FY 2016 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

The purpose of this Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) is to advise states of the appropriate allowable period for states to exercise the emergency flexibilities authorized under Section 4102(b), EUISAA, to modify or suspend work search, waiting week, good cause, or employer experience rating.