EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington, D.C. 20210	CLASSIFICATION            UI
	CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL          TEUFA
	DATE December 9, 2004

ADVISORY:        ET HANDBOOK NO. 410, 3^rd EDITION

TO:                    ALL STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES

FROM:               CHERYL ATKINSON   /s/

                         Administrator

Office of Workforce Security

SUBJECT:           Resource Justification Model (RJM)

1.  Content.  ET Handbook No. 410, Resource Justification Model.

2.  OMB Approval.  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved ET Handbook No. 410 for use through November 30, 2007, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, under OMB Approval No. 1205-0430.

3.  Handbook. This handbook is designed to be permanent instruction for the annual budget formulation and allocation process.  It will be supplemented, if necessary, by an Unemployment Insurance Program Letter that will contain any specific information needed for the budget process.

4.  Deadline for Submittal of RJM Forms.  The annual deadline for state workforce agencies to submit their RJM worksheets to the Regional Offices will be the last Friday in January. 

5.  Estimated Burden.  Public reporting burden for collecting this information is estimated to be 7,155 hours.  That amounts to an average of 135 hours per state, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.  Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of Workforce Security, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210 (Paperwork Reduction Act 1205-0430), attention: Tom Stengle.

6.  Action Required.  State workforce agencies should prepare their RJM forms according to the instructions contained in this Handbook.

7.  Attachment.  ETA Handbook No. 410, 3^rd Edition