To provide guidance to grantees, and particularly State Dislocated Worker Units, on the applicability of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, 29 U.S.C., 2101-2109, to layoffs that may occur among Federal contractors, including in the defense industry, as a result of the sequestration mandated by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA), 2 U.S.C. 901a(7)(A) and (8).

To provide guidance to grantees on compliance with the requirements of handling and protecting PII in their grants.

To transmit corrections for the Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Report, ETA Form 5148, and the One-Stop Career Center Complaint/Referral Record, ETA Form 8429.

To provide an updated directory of Federal civilian and military agencies that requested detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data, which support the U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

To provide resources from ETA investments related to green jobs. ETA strongly encourages workforce practitioners to review the grant products and research cited in this notice, which provide valuable information that can help inform the design and implementation of green training and employment programs.

The purpose of this notice is to reinforce the importance of accurate state and grantee reporting on attainment of industry-recognized credentials.

To request states to submit spending plans for their shares of the $500 million Special Distribution provided under the Recovery Act.

To inform the workforce system of a curriculum for teaching soft skills or work readiness skills to youth.

To announce the availability of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA's) WIA Youth Program Reference Tool.

To transmit the updated Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Report, ETA Form 5148 without revisions; and the One-Stop Career Center (OSCC) Complaint/Referral Record, ETA Form 8429 with revisions.