To provide states with a summary of the UI provisions in Title II, Subtitle A of the CARES Act of 2020, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-136 and to provide states with guidance regarding the emergency state staffing flexibility provisions.

To provide states with instructions for implementing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, Public Law (Pub. L.) 116-127, specifically Division D, the Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 (EUISAA).

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is providing a renewed form ETA 581 Contribution Operations, for State Workforce Agencies and other applicable grant recipients to document their quarterly Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax program activities.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared from April 1 - June 30, 2020, (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020).

To provide guidance to states regarding unemployment compensation (UC) flexibilities related to COVID-19.

To provide advance notice to states on the implementation of the revised submittal schedule for states’ submissions of the Biennial SQSP and the Alternate Year SQSPs.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2020 UI RESEA grants and to invite StateWorkforce Agencies to submit applications for funding.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To ensure that states are aware that: 1) the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase for calendar year 2020 and 2) COLA information is located on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) website.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual COLA provided by the Department of Defense.