To alert State Workforce Agency Administrators and Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB) Executive Directors that a study of TBL in the public workforce system is being implemented and their completion of the State TBL Survey and Local TBL Survey, respectively, will support this effort. The primary purpose of these surveys is to gather up-to-date information on TBL opportunities and usage at the state and local levels, and factors that influence its adoption and design in the public workforce system.

To advise state agencies of plans to improve, streamline, and automate UCX claims processing, including plans to automate the UCX claim notification and the Quarterly Detailed Benefits Payment Data (QDBPD) by providing them in electronic format to the Federal military branches for unemployment compensation (UC) purposes.

To provide the workforce development system with information related to the 2014 General Education Development (GED®) Test series.

To announce the release and availability of the following ETA Occasional Papers:

• Investing in Labor Market Information (LMI): A Summary of the State LMI Improvement Grants
• Investing in Labor Market Information (LMI): Insights from the Recovery Act LMI Grants
• Using Real-Time LMI To Explore Green Jobs
• Disseminating Labor Market Information: Insights from the State LMI Improvement Grants
• Strategic Partnering to Advance LMI: Insights from the State LMI Improvement Grants

To announce the release and availability of two ETA Occasional Papers:  Evaluation of Waivers Granted Under WIA: Profiles of 12 Sites and Evaluation of Waivers Granted Under WIA: Final Report.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper:  Evaluation of the Senior Community Service Employment Program: Process and Outcomes Study Final Report.

In coordination with the SBA, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce the availability of a new SEA technical assistance Web site featuring resources from states that currently administer successful SEA programs, small business planning and start-up tools available through SBA, and much more to support states successfully implementing and operating an SEA program.  The Web site can be found here:  https://sea.workforce3one.org.

To announce a streamlined process for American Job Centers, state workforce agencies, and workforce investment boards to become Employment Networks (ENs) under the Social Security Administration’s Ticket to Work and Self Sufficiency (TTW) program.

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 a summary of selected ETA 581 data with associated charts and tables for CY 2011.