To encourage coordination between the State Workforce Agency, State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Agency (if different), Local Workforce Investment Boards, and One-Stop Career Centers when implementing REA programs.

To provide guidance to states on the upcoming quarterly WIASRD submission required by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in its Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 24-08. Four key areas are addressed in this document: (1) the change in the WIASRD reporting frequency from annual to quarterly; (2) the change in the WIASRD submission to include participant files; (3) the process for submitting the quarterly data beginning with the 3rd quarter of Program Year (PY) 2009; and (4) updates on the WIASRD edit checks to account for participant data.

To transmit a revision of the Benefits portion of the UI DV Handbook, ET Handbook No. 361.

To provide state workforce agencies (SWAs) responsible for management of the WOTC Program with funding allotments for the period October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.

To advise states of the extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) and the Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) programs, and the extension of the temporary provisions for the Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) program.

The purpose of this advisory is to inform the SWAs about a change in guidance jointly reached by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). ETA and IRS have jointly agreed to a number of processing changes that will allow the states to accept and process all ARRA certification requests submitted between January 1, 2009 and October 17, 2009, and beyond October 17, provided certain conditions are met.

To announce the 2010 UI Integrity Professional Development Conference scheduled for April 19-21, in Arlington, Virginia, and to request agenda items and encourage staff participation at the conference.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2009 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2009 BAM data.

To provide information for FY 2010 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.