The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009. The Recovery Act is intended to preserve and create jobs, promote the nation’s economic recovery, and assist those most impacted by the recession. Under the Recovery Act, Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) will receive funding to improve the energy efficiency of public housing units across the country. On May 26th Secretary Shaun Donovan of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued a joint letter announcing the establishment of a pilot program to link public housing residents with their local Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and its One Stop Career System. This notice is intended to alert the workforce investment system to the partnership between HUD and the Department of Labor (DOL) and to be prepared to work with representatives from local Public Housing Agencies and connect public housing residents to One Stop Career Centers.

To notify states of upcoming changes to the collection and reporting of data on the ETA 581 Contributions Operations report and the Tax Performance System (TPS) program reviews intended to measure the effectiveness of state SUTA dumping detection and enforcement methods and to solicit state volunteers to test these changes.

This notice announces and solicits nominees for a UI Benefit Financing Seminar to be held October 27-30, 2009, in Alexandria, Va.

To announce upcoming webinars that will be held the week of July 20, 2009, to provide information on implementing the guidance set forth in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-09-21, Implementing Guidance for the Reports on Use of Funds Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

To (1) advise states of the Department of Labor’s (Department’s) revised position for determining if amounts are available for the payment of unemployment compensation (UC) for purposes of obtaining a Title XII advance and to (2) provide procedures for establishing Administrative Subaccounts in the state’s account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF).

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 funds for technology-based overpayment prevention, detection, and collection infrastructure investments to support integrity-related activities.

To announce the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Interstate Benefits and Federal Programs Training Conference scheduled to be held September 8-10, 2009, in St. Petersburg, Florida and to encourage state workforce agency staff participation.

(1) To advise states of two important clarifications about Pell Grant eligibility requirements, (2) to encourage states to use procedures that inform Unemployment Insurance (UI) beneficiaries before enrollment whether training is considered by the state as UI Approved Training, and (3) to remind states that determinations made on UI Approved Training requests may be reported as “countable” non-monetary determinations for workload purposes.

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

To announce and solicit nominations for two sessions of the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Legislative Seminar