To notify all Employment and Training Administration (ETA) recipients about changes ETA is making to federal financial assistance awards to prohibit activities described in President Trump’s Executive Orders (EOs) titled, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” issued on January 20, 2025, and “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” issued on January 21, 2025.

To provide a checklist of all currently active ETA Training and Employment Guidance Letters (TEGLs) and all currently active Unemployment Compensation Program Letters (UCPLs)/Unemployment Insurance Program Letters (UIPLs) as well as a checklist of all ETA TEGLS and all ETA UCPLs/UIPLs rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.

To help state workforce agencies (SWA) and their partners develop a comprehensive, adaptable and strategic disaster preparedness and response planning process that can be quickly implemented by staff and partners who are well-trained, well-aligned, and fully supported, ETA is publishing The Disaster Lifecycle from Preparedness through Resiliency: A Guide for State Workforce Agencies (the Guide).

To update Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 27-23, Change 1 regarding states’ implementation of the Final Rule, Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States, 89 FR 33898 (Apr. 29, 2024) (Farmworker Protection Rule), in light of recent Federal District Court Orders.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) the customer experience (CX) checklist (which describes principles to improve CX, as well as operational, experience, and outcome metrics) and related resources, with the goal of helping states to develop a baseline of current practices and identify areas needing improvement in their unemployment insurance (UI) programs.

To update Training and Employment Notice (TEN) 08-22, which promotes a framework for all workforce stakeholders, including infrastructure project leads, to engage the public workforce system in implementing the Investing in America (IIA) funding—which includes the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL),Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—with strong workforce commitments and proven strategies that produce high-quality education, training, and employment opportunities for all workers. This update includes several more examples of grant programs which present opportunities for coordination between the public workforce system and infrastructure investments.
 

To transmit to states and outlying areas the impact of updated data on WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker program allotments for PY 2025.

To ensure states are aware of the Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program that reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2025.

To announce a report providing an updated cost-benefit analysis of state BPC activities based on FY 2019 data.

To announce the release of the new POA Exchange by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies’ (NASWA) SIDES.