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

To advise states that the ETA 9000 report, “Internal Fraud Activities,” has been discontinued. Some of the information from the ETA 9000 report was merged into the ETA 227 Report, “Overpayment, Detection and Recovery Activities,” and additional changes to the ETA 227 Report were also made.

To ensure states are aware of the revised Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program, which was issued December 29, 2011, and reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2012.

To announce the release and availability of three new Employment and Training Administration (ETA) research reports related to summer and post-summer youth employment initiatives: (1) Using TANF Funds to Support Subsidized Youth Employment: The 2010 Summer Youth Employment Initiative; (2) Beyond a Summer Work Experience: The Recovery Act 2009 Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiative; and (3) Innovative Programs and Promising Practices: Indian and Native American Summer Youth Employment Initiatives and the 2009 Recovery Act.

To announce the release and availability of Employment Research In Brief:  An Annotated Bibliography of ETA-Sponsored Studies.

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

To strongly encourage states to expend their allotment from the $500 million special distribution under the Recovery Act as quickly as feasible and prudent in accordance with the intent of the Recovery Act to preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery.

To ensure 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 2012, and
2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site.

1) To provide successful strategies to the public workforce system for connecting individuals with transportation to jobs and training, and
2) to help businesses access a diverse workforce.

To advise states of the latest extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program and temporary Extended Benefit (EB) provisions.