To provide guidance on compliance with the requirements of recent appropriations act provisions, including Section 511, Division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law No. 111-117, regarding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

To provide states with the formula methodology used in developing the FY 2011 initial allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training, job search, and relocation allowances.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-10, The Role of Unemployment Insurance As an Automatic Stabilizer During a Recession.

To encourage states to establish parameters for funding entrepreneurial and self-employment training under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), which authorizes the provision of entrepreneurial training to adult and dislocated workers, and authorizes entrepreneurial work experiences for youth.

To inform all Employment and Training (ETA) workforce system agencies of additional Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reporting requirements under the FFATA effective October 1, 2010.

To announce the release and availability of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Protocol for Implementing Priority of Service Regulations for Veterans and Eligible Spouses to assist and support those agencies and other grantees that receive funds from the Department to operate qualified job training programs in the implementation of Priority of Service for Veterans and Eligible Spouses.

To announce the implementation of an online electronic filing application for petitions for TAA.

To revise: (a) the ETA 581 Contribution Operations report, (b) Employment and Training (ET) Handbook No. 401, Unemployment Insurance Reports (UIR) Handbook – 4th Edition, and (c) ET Handbook No. 402, UIR User Manual – 5th Edition. The revisions are needed in order to change the following reporting requirements on the ETA 581 Contribution Operations report: (a) delete the items for reporting the number of outstanding contribution reports and estimated contributions for prior quarters; (b) add items for reporting State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA) dumping detection activities; and (c) include all unreported employees when reporting misclassified employees discovered from audits.

To announce amendment to the regulations governing the criteria states must meet to obtain interest-free advances to pay Unemployment Compensation (UC) when their Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) accounts have insufficient funds to pay benefits.

To advise states of the availability of a new Web-based tool to assist states in administering the provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 (Extension Act).