To ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) provided by the Department of Defense.

To revise the due dates specified for the Statewide long-term projections, the Workforce Information Database (WIDb), and the WIGS 2017 Statewide Economic and Annual Report in both the TEGL and Attachment 1. The references to the due dates for these deliverables are corrected as follows:

1. The Statewide long-term projections due date is corrected by replacing "No 10-year Projections are due in 2018" with "10-year Projections are due one week following June 29, 2018" (TEGL, pg. 4);
2. The Workforce Information Database (WIDb) due date is corrected by replacing "January 8, 2018" with "June 30, 2018" (TEGL, pg. 4);
3. The (WIGS) 2017 Statewide Economic and Annual Report due date is corrected by replacing "September 30, 2018" with "October 1, 2018" (TEGL, pg. 5);
4. The Workforce Information Database (WIDb) due date is corrected by replacing "Within 180 days from the release of a new database version" with "June 30, 2018" (Attachment 1, pg. 3);
5. The Statewide long-term industry and occupational projections (10-year projections) due date is corrected by replacing "One week following June 30, 2017" with "One week following June 29, 2018" (Attachment 1, pg. 3); and
6. The Annual and Economic Analysis Report due date is corrected by replacing "September 30, 2018" with "October 1, 2018" (Attachment 1, pg. 4).

To provide an update on the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center's activities and to announce the launch of the Integrity Center's Suspicious Actor Repository (SAR), the Integrity Knowledge Exchange, the National Integrity Academy, and upcoming Informational Webinars.

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 increase for calendar year 2018, and 2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site.

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) 2018.

To announce the publication of the Senior Community Service Employment Program Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register on December 1, 2017.

This guidance provides states with revised allotment levels for WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker FY 2018 funds, which became available to states on October 1, 2017. This Change 1 to TEGL 27-16 revises the funding available to states in October 2017 to reflect the 0.6791 percent reduction enacted in the short-term Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2018 and corrects the amounts for Youth and Adult small state minimum allotments.

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective July 2017.

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) 2018.

To announce OMB approval of the extension with revision of approved collection, OMB Control No. 1205-0499, for the quarterly progress reports (QPR) for the STC Grants. Approval of OMB Control No. 1205-0499 is extended through June 30, 2019.