To provide information to States and outlying areas on WIOA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2017; final allotments for PY 2017 for the Wagner-Peyser ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2017.

The purpose of this guidance is to provide sub-regulatory guidance on the requirements established by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and its implementing regulations regarding the use of supplemental wage information, when appropriate, to assist in carrying out the performance accountability requirements under section 116 of WIOA.

To advise state workforce agencies of the release and publication of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Call Center Study Final Report.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of the report titled: Evidence-Building Capacity in State Workforce Agencies: Insights from a National Scan and Two State Site Visits, prepared by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), and associated Training and Employment Notice (TEN).

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2017.

To provide information on the virtual WIPS User Resource Library Information Page, which contains a growing library of documents intended to help WIPS users better understand the workflow of the system and provide answers to frequently asked questions.

To provide adjusted funding levels for PY 2016 allotments for the Dislocated Worker program under WIOA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker FY 2017 funds, which became available to states in October 2016. Change 1 to TEGL 17-15 indicated a 0.496 percent reduction to funding available to states on October 2016. Change 2 amends this to a 0.1901 percent reduction as enacted in the short-term Further Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2017, providing all fifty seven state and outlying area grantees with additional funding.

To revise the status of Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 29-05 Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Unemployment Insurance Criminal Investigations Between the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General and the Employment and Training Administration.

To provide guidance and planning information to states, local workforce areas, and other recipients of WIOA Title I youth formula funds on the activities associated with the implementation of WIOA.

WIOA became law on July 22, 2014 and supersedes Titles I and II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), and amends the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Departments of Labor and Education published a set of regulations for implementing WIOA. These WIOA Final Rules were made public on July 1, 2016, and the rules covering the Title I youth formula program became effective on October 18, 2016.