To advise states of the temporary change in Federal sharing for the first week of extended benefits (EB) under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (FSEUCA).

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

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are aware of the revised Remuneration Schedule for the UCX program, which was issued December 23, 2008, based on the January 1, 2009, military pay increase.

To announce the release and availability of the paper, Competency Models: A Review of the Literature and the Role of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) prepared in ETA’s Division of Research and Evaluation, Office of Policy Development and Research.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter is to describe common waivers to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act that may assist states as they develop economic recovery strategies.

To respond to questions from states about the expansion of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) program.

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) 2009.

• To provide instructions to states for extending the life of their State Strategic Plans for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act (“the State Plan”) for an additional year, through Program Year 2009;
• To provide instructions to states for extending existing waivers and requesting new waivers; and
• To announce renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for Stand-Alone and Unified Strategic State Planning Guidances.

To remind states of options that are available under Federal unemployment compensation (UC) law to mitigate layoffs, permit payments for certain self-employment activities, and extend benefits to individuals who have exhausted their regular UC.

To advise State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of their Foreign Labor Certification (FLC) grant allocations for the first 92 days of the FY 2009 Continuing Resolution (CR) in effect October 1, 2008, through March 6, 2009.