To publicize the availability of funds for the 2012 Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Research Papers Program. This initiative will provide approximately $80,000 to fund approximately 10 projects of Doctoral students interested in writing scholarly, policy-relevant research papers on topics of interest to the public workforce investment system.

To announce the release and availability of the paper, Competency Models: A Review of the Literature and the Role of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) prepared in ETA’s Division of Research and Evaluation, Office of Policy Development and Research.

To provide an update on the UI Excellence in Action initiative and announce the availability of exciting new tools designed to help states improve business processes in their unemployment insurance (UI) programs

To transmit the updated Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order, ETA Form 790; Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Memorandum, ETA Form 795; and the instructions for both forms.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs), SWA liaisons, and National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grantees of the 2013 National Monitor Advocate Training Sessions, which will take place March 17-20, 2013, at the MAFO 2013 National Farmworker Conference in San Antonio, Texas

To inform the workforce system of the important Department of Labor resources that have been developed for faith-based and community initiatives. These resources educate workforce system administrators and staff in how best to partner with faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) and how to integrate FBCOs into their strategic planning and service delivery process.

To announce the release and availability of the What’s My Next Move? a guide to exploring careers online using electronic tools from the U.S. Department of Labor.  What’s My Next Move? was developed to support high school students in developing their education and career plans.

To assist states in their annual budget planning in the absence of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 full year appropriation, this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) provides states and outlying areas with advance notification of the potential impacts of applying current demographic and employment data on the allotment formulas for the WIA Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Programs; ES; and the Workforce Information Grants to States. The attached planning projections also reflect the reductions to FY 2013 discretionary funds required by the BBEDCA, more commonly referred to as “sequestration.”

To provide checklists of all currently active ETA Advisories as well as checklists of all ETA Advisories rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.

To announce the release and the availability of report titled Ready4Work: Final Research Report.