To provide information to states regarding FY 2011 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To announce the release and availability of two ETA Occasional Papers on Mentoring, Educational, and Employment Strategies to Improve Academic, Social and Career Pathway Outcomes in Persistently Dangerous Schools prepared by Social Policy Research Associates, Inc. (SPRA).

To advise states that the ETA 203 report, “Characteristics of the Insured Unemployed,” should no longer be produced through statistical sampling.

To provide information on state flexibility in the designation and redesignation of local workforce investment areas.

To provide states the table of weights for use in calculating Program Year (PY) 2010 Workforce Investment Act customer satisfaction results (See Attachment A). This action will enable states to continue to fulfill statutorily required obligations to collect data and measure customer satisfaction.

. To announce the release and availability of the ETA Occasional Paper, Evaluation of the Career Advancement Accounts (CAA) Demonstration Project: An Implementation Study (Interim Report), prepared by Social Policy Research (SPR) Associates.

To initiate the process, provide supplemental instructions, and define additional requirements for the FY 2012 SQSP.

To transmit the third edition of ET Handbook No, 382, Handbook for Measuring Unemployment Insurance (UI) Lower Authority Appeals Quality.

To provide final PY 2011 funding allotments for the Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) and Comprehensive Service Program (CSP).

To communicate expectations about integrity and transparency in decisions made by state and local workforce investment boards and officials, and requirements regarding conflict of interest.