To transmit procedures to be used by all ETA grant recipients for reporting allegations of fraud, program abuse or criminal conduct involving grantees or other entities and subrecipients receiving Federal funds either directly or indirectly from ETA.

To initiate the process, provide supplemental instructions, and define additional requirements for the FY 2013 SQSP.

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

To advise state workforce agencies of the Department of Labor’s (Department) interpretation of Section 303(a)(6) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and 20 CFR 603.5(i) as requiring states to disclose unemployment compensation (UC) information, including confidential wage and claim information, needed for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved evaluations of UC programs conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor.

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.

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 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 overview of all of the provisions in Subtitle D of Title II of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that concern short-time compensation or “worksharing” programs, and to provide guidance to the state agencies about the new definition of short-time compensation in Federal unemployment compensation law, the transition period for states currently administering a short-time compensation program, and 100% Federal reimbursement of certain state short-time compensation benefits.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating WIA Title 1B program performance and customer satisfaction goals and performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY 2012. These performance goals, once agreed upon between the State and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), will be incorporated into the State’s Strategic Plan.

To announce availability of funds, in the amount of $60,000, to each state, the District of Columbia, U. S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico through the Wagner-Peyser Act state grants. Funds will be for the purposes of making the necessary adjustments to their management information systems to implement Sections 211, 238, 239 and 261 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Title II of Pub. L. 112-56), as well as for collecting performance data related to the Veterans’ Gold Card Initiative. A Notice of Obligation (NOO) indicating the amount obligated to the state and the purpose of funding will be issued to expedite implementation.