To advise state agencies of plans to improve, streamline, and automate UCX claims processing, including plans to automate the UCX claim notification and the Quarterly Detailed Benefits Payment Data (QDBPD) by providing them in electronic format to the Federal military branches for unemployment compensation (UC) purposes.

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

1. Purpose. To respond to inquiries from state workforce agencies about the correct assignment of Federal civilian service and Federal wages for purposes of establishing monetary entitlement for unemployment compensation (UC), including Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE).

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) increased to 1.7 percent for calendar year 2013; and 2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site.

To provide the workforce development system with information related to the 2014 General Education Development (GED®) Test series.

To announce the release and availability of the following ETA Occasional Papers:

• Investing in Labor Market Information (LMI): A Summary of the State LMI Improvement Grants
• Investing in Labor Market Information (LMI): Insights from the Recovery Act LMI Grants
• Using Real-Time LMI To Explore Green Jobs
• Disseminating Labor Market Information: Insights from the State LMI Improvement Grants
• Strategic Partnering to Advance LMI: Insights from the State LMI Improvement Grants

To advise states of the work search and overpayment offset provisions added to permanent Federal unemployment compensation (UC) law by Title II, Subtitle A of The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law (Pub. L.) 112-96 that may require amendments to state UC law.

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

To provide states with a table of weights for use in calculating Program Year (PY) 2011 Workforce Investment Act customer satisfaction results (See Attachment A). This action will enable states to fulfill statutorily required obligations to collect data and measure customer satisfaction.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper:  Evaluation of the Senior Community Service Employment Program: Process and Outcomes Study Final Report.