To notify State Workforce Agencies of the opportunity to apply for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 funds as the lead state to establish, via a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA), a national UI Integrity Center of Excellence (Center). The Center will develop and promote innovative UI program integrity strategies to reduce improper payments and prevent and detect fraud.

This notice announces and solicits nominees for a UI Benefit Financing Seminar to be held October 16-19, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

To respond to questions from State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) that administer the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program, as amended by the TAAEA.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) has two purposes:

1. To provide updates and clarifications on waiver policies including those originally articulated in TEGL 26-09; and
2. To provide information on work-flex quarterly reports, and to announce renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for work-flex plan submission and quarterly reports.

To invite states to apply for grant funds for Short-Time Compensation (STC) programs and issue guidance on the process to apply for these grants provided for under Section 2164 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Act), which supports the Secretary of Labor’s (Secretary) commitment to help employers and workers avert layoffs.

To announce the release of updates made to the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) suite of online career tools for jobseekers, students, workforce professionals, and businesses, including CareerOneStop, Certification Finder, the Worker Reemployment Portal, the Veteran Reemployment Portal, mySkills myFuture, My Next Move, My Next Move for Veterans, and the Healthcare Virtual Career Network.

To provide State Plan information to states that implement the American Job Center brand.

To respond to questions from state workforce agencies about the UC program integrity provisions of the TAAEA.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper: Evaluation of Waivers Granted Under WIA: Findings from Interviews with 20 States

To announce the release and availability of three papers prepared by individual researchers or researchers from independent or small firms competitively awarded funding as part of the 2010 ETA Research Papers Program.