To announce the implementation of a new Web site resource known as the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Data Dashboard.

To remind states of the availability of assistance in building and maintaining profiling models that identify claimants of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits that are most likely to exhaust their benefits.

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

To announce a virtual Tribal Consultation the Department plans to conduct regarding the effectiveness in serving employers (ESE) performance indicator in the regulations for the Indian and Native American (INA) program authorized under section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), scheduled for October 19, 2021, 2 p.m. ET on http://www.workforcegps.org.

To provide INA grantees with Comprehensive Services (CS) and Supplemental Youth Services (SYS) funding allotments for Program Year (PY) 2016 for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Section 166, INA program.

To provide a resource guide to workforce investment practitioners who assist jobseekers in finding and applying for financial assistance and other supportive services.

To provide information regarding annual assurances for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), which must be included in all State Quality Service Plans (SQSP) beginning Fiscal Year (FY) 2022; and to announce the availability of a DUA Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) template.

To rescind the Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 35-14 and replace it with TEGL 35-14, Change 1, which clarifies the Department's policy on providing housing assistance and updates the definition of "emergency assistance." The remainder of the TEGL provides guidance and planning information to NFJP grantees on the activities associated with the implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments) have determined it is appropriate and reasonable for the Department of Labor (DOL) to begin assessing performance for two performance indicators under WIOA title I and III core programs for PYs 2020 and 2021 in accordance with the phased-in approach to performance assessments described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 11-19, Negotiations and Sanctions Guidance for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Programs. The Departments, as permitted under section 503(a) of WIOA, have determined it reasonable to delay assessing performance for the purpose of imposing sanctions for the remaining performance indicators to ensure an orderly transition from the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to those of WIOA.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA), in collaboration with the Department's Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), is pleased to announce commencement of an exploratory evaluation to help the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or Department) learn more about the customer experience in American Job Centers (AJCs). DOL has contracted with IMPAQ International, LLC and ideas42 (the IMPAQ team) to conduct this study.