The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce the publication of the Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing final rule, which makes changes to the regulations regarding the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES).  Additionally, this TEN provides information to states seeking to implement the revisions provided in the final rule as part of their Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Unified or Combined State Plan submission for 2026.

To announce the availability of a Program Topic Locator on the UI COP on WorkforceGPS and provide instructions on how to access the Program Topic Locator.

To announce the release of updated Employment and Training Administration (ETA) approved posters for the Employment Service (ES) and Employment-Related Law Complaint System (Complaint System), described at 20 CFR 658.410(d), and to provide instructions for State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) to prominently display the posters in each one-stop center (American Job Center) and online. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) rescinds TEN No. 15-09. 

To publish FY 2023 state-level RESEA outcome payment performance targets for the reemployment and reduced UI duration of RESEA participants and to provide states with a midyear analysis of their performance levels compared against these targets.

To announce the availability of a recently developed online training lesson about the fundamentals of equitable access in UI programs. 

To announce the availability of BAM Investigator Virtual Training sessions and DV Training sessions.

Consistent with Joint WIOA Final Rule requirements, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments) have determined it is appropriate and reasonable for PY 2022 for the:

• U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to assess performance for four performance indicators under WIOA title I core programs and three performance indicators under the Employment Service (referred to as “WIOA title III”) core program;
• U.S. Department of Education (ED) to assess performance for four performance indicators under the Vocational Rehabilitation (“WIOA title IV”) core program; and
• Departments to delay assessing performance for the purpose of imposing sanctions for the WIOA title II core program and for the remaining performance indicators in the WIOA titles I, III, and IV core programs to provide for the orderly transition from the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to those of WIOA, as permitted under section 503(a) of WIOA.

The Departments’ determinations, as will be described more fully herein, are consistent with the phased-in approach to performance assessments described in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 11-19, Change 1 issued on May 10, 2023.  

To announce a virtual Tribal Consultation the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) will conduct regarding the Confidentiality and Disclosure of State UC Information, scheduled for August 28, 2023, 2:00 p.m. ET on http://www.workforcegps.org.

To announce the “Leveraging Federal Funds to Support More Robust IDH Utilization” webinar that will be hosted by the UI Integrity Center on August 1, 2023.

To provide information regarding the 2023 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Symposium to be hosted by NASWA on December 6 – 8, 2023, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.