To update state workforce agencies on the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) efforts to reengineer UI benefits program accountability processes to improve program performance and integrity and to provide more information on state impacts and timelines for implementation.

To disseminate a white paper and provide information and resources on promising strategies to promote the inclusion of youth and adults with disabilities in registered apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships.

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective July 2015.

To announce the availability of technical assistance presentations on a variety of fiscal and performance topics including, but not limited to, financial obligations; fiscal reporting; grant closeout; data validation; literacy and numeracy gains; Workforce Investment Act Standardized Record Data (WIASRD); and improved performance.

In 2005, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) began a joint initiative with the Department of Justice to aid primarily urban communities heavily affected by the challenges associated with high numbers of prisoners seeking to re-enter their communities following completion of their sentences. This Training and Employment Notice announces the release and availability of the first impact report from this evaluation, entitled: Evaluation of the Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Program: Two-Year Impact Report.

To provide checklists of all currently active ETA Advisories as well as checklists of all ETA Advisories rescinded/cancelled since the previously issued checklists.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 provide local workforce boards and American Job Centers (AJCs) with information aimed at improving services for individuals involved with the justice system.

To solicit nominations for the 2011 UI Innovation Awards and announce the upcoming presentation of the 2011 Performance Awards.

To provide updated information to the state workforce agencies, local workforce investment boards (LWIBs), and One-Stop Career Centers on the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program, including changes to the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) policies for Employment Networks (ENs)

As the Federal partner in the national workforce investment system, the Department of Labor (the Department) has seen the benefits of the use of state partnership and consortia approaches to support the public workforce investment system.