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.

To provide a revision and clarification to policy guidance previously issued to states and national YouthBuild program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) definition of “school dropout” as it pertains to YouthBuild program participants under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

Announcement of a new initiative to provide coordinated federal resources and support for an Energy Regional Innovation Cluster, and to encourage the public workforce system to become partners in this effort.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance to states, workforce investment boards, and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) youth service providers on contracting strategies that facilitate service providers to serve the youth most in need, while still achieving performance goals.

To provide updated pages for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax Performance System (TPS) Handbook, ET Handbook No. 407, 4th Edition.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with additional information on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) IT security guidelines.

To encourage states to apply for UC Modernization incentive payments.

To announce the availability of a new video and informational brief to promote the employment of disabled veterans through the One-Stop Career Center system.

The purpose of this joint issuance from the Assistant Secretary of the Employment and Training Administration and the Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division is to provide guidance to states that may be considering implementation of subsidized work-based training initiatives for unemployed workers, which could include claimants who are receiving unemployment compensation (UC), exhaustees of UC, and/or other unemployed workers who may not be eligible for UC. This advisory is intended to help states understand applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies related to the Social Security Act and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (which govern the Unemployment Compensation program), the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as amended, as they develop and implement these types of initiatives.