To announce the release and availability of final evaluation reports from the evaluation of the Enhanced Transitional Jobs (ETJ) demonstration and the YouthBuild (YB) program and five study briefs from the Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers (AJCs).

To announce the release and availability of a NAWS national summary report on hired crop workers and associated public-use data files.

To announce the release and availability of an ETA quantitative evaluation report: Use of One-Stops by Social Security Disability Beneficiaries in Four States Implementing Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiatives.

To announce the release of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (joint NPRM with the Departments of Education and Labor) and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Labor only) on the Federal Register Public Inspection Web site at https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection. This Web site offers a preview of documents scheduled to publish in the Federal Register.

To notify the workforce system of jobs available on Guam and that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has updated the Contractor Recruitment Standards (CRS) that guide the recruitment efforts of selected contractors performing construction work related to the Guam military base realignment. These standards are mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84, enacted October 28, 2009).

To provide an updated version of the Department of Labor’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Section 188 Disability Reference Guide to American Job Center (AJC) programs. The guide, now available at https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/crc/188Guide.htm, provides promising practices that correlate with specific nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements in Section 188 of WIOA and its implementing regulations.

To provide checklists of all currently active ETA Advisories as well as checklists of all ETA Advisories rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.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 Employment and Training Administration's (ETA's) creation of two new UI State Performance Excellence Awards to recognize states for program integrity performance and communicate a change to the performance evaluation time period for all future awards.

To announce the National Rapid Response Initiative, a comprehensive, collaborative effort to promote consistent, high quality, timely and innovative responses to economic transition across the country. Through this Initiative, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will collaborate with state and local Rapid Response practitioners and partners to assess the current system capacity, identify areas for improvement, and provide training and technical assistance to support the system in addressing the identified needs.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) how to obtain updated contact information for Federal agencies requesting detailed Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) or Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) benefit payment data, which support the United States Department of Labor’s (Department) quarterly unemployment compensation billing statements.