To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of IPIA 2013 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of IPIA 2013 BAM data, and to amend the BAM case completion requirements in the BAM State Operations Handbook (ET Handbook No. 395, 5th Edition).

To inform the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of non-substantive changes made to ETA Form 9061, “Individual Characteristics Form.”

This notice is to inform the public workforce investment system about the new insurance coverage opportunities in the new Health Insurance Marketplace as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and to outline potential opportunities to assist job seekers and business customers about how and where to sign up for coverage.

To announce the release and availability of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Occasional Paper:  Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:  Workforce Development and Unemployment Insurance Provisions.

To notify State Workforce Agencies of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 funds for activities that support the prevention and detection of UI improper benefit payments, improve state performance, and address outdated Information Technology (IT) system infrastructures necessary to improve UI program integrity.

a. To provide preliminary FY 2014 dollar and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans (SQSP);
b. To provide general guidelines for FY 2014 resource planning; and
c. To explain how base resources were allocated among states.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2013 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

To initiate the process, provide supplemental instructions, and define additional requirements for the FY 2014 SQSP.

To provide information on the availability of a messaging video that promotes the benefits and ease of use of UI SIDES and SIDES E-Response to employers and third-party administrators (TPAs) that deal with UI information requests.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide final PY 2013 funding allotments, and to provide instructions for submitting the necessary documents to obtain these allotments for the Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) and Comprehensive Services Program (CSP).