To issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program

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

To ensure states are aware of the revised Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program, which was issued December 28, 2010, and reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2011.

Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 16-10 (issued December 15, 2010) provided guidance to the State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) for phasing out the amendments to the Trade Act of 1974 enacted by the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 (TGAAA or the 2009 Amendments). This Change 1 updates that guidance by explaining that the Omnibus Trade Act of 2010 (Omnibus Trade Act), enacted subsequent to TEGL No. 16-10 on December 29, 2010, provided a six-week statutory extension for the application of the 2009 Amendments.

To update guidance provided to the State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) to implement the regulatory requirement for states to adopt merit staffing by December 15, 2010, in consideration of the retroactive extension of the deadline by the Omnibus Trade Act of 2010 (Omnibus Trade Act).

To announce the release and availability of the ETA National Agricultural Workers Survey Public Access Data for Fiscal Years 1989-2009

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2011

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 not increase for calendar year 2011, and 2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site

To advise states of a new Core Measure in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Performs performance management system to evaluate state UI employer audit programs and include elements of worker misclassification detection and enforcement.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide information on:

•Options for states to have in place approved Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act (WIA/W-P) State Plans and waivers for Program Year (PY) 2011.
•When State Plan modifications and waiver requests are required.
•Potential future revisions to Stand-Alone and Unified Strategic State Planning Guidances.