To announce the availability of online RJM training.

To provide states with the formula methodology used in developing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 base allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training, job search and relocation allowances.

To provide an updated directory of Federal civilian and military agencies that have requested detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data, which supports the Department of Labor’s quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of a report titled: Flexible Learning Options for Adult Students.

To provide guidance on the treatment of EUC08 administrative funds in the RJM submission.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of a report entitled: Responses to Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs): Findings From the Demonstration States.

To inform the workforce investment system of the launch of “Transforming Partnerships: How to Apply the U.S. Department of Labor's Equal Treatment and Religion-Related Regulations to Public-Private Partnerships,” an online training course. This course provides a basic framework for understanding the Faith-Based and Community Initiative and its implementation at the U.S. Department of Labor (Department or DOL). Further, this course provides in-depth training on the equal treatment and religion-related regulations; specifically the new equal treatment regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 2, Subpart D, and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) nondiscrimination and programmatic regulations at 29 C.F.R. 37.6(f), 20 C.F.R. 667.266 and 667.275, as well as case law; an understanding of which is crucial to ensure proper implementation of these regulations.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009.

UIPL 27-08 -- Not Issued

To provide additional guidelines to the states about the WIA Annual Report narrative and update procedures for submission of the report to the Employment and Training Administration (ETA).