Notice to inform the Workforce Community regarding the availability of Financial Management Training Tutorials on the Workforce3One Web site.

To summarize the UI program’s GPRA performance for FY 2008 and announce the FY 2009 and FY 2010 GPRA goals and targets.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the opportunity to submit a supplemental budget request (SBR) for costs associated with implementing the initiative to enable more unemployment insurance (UI) beneficiaries to obtain training without affecting their benefit rights, and to notify beneficiaries of potential eligibility for Pell Grants and other student aid.

To announce the grant application process and to transmit guidance for the development and management of the PY 2009 Workforce Information Grants to States.

To inform the workforce system of the mandatory requirement for sub-recipients, i.e., any first-tier subcontract or sub-award funded in whole or in part under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), to obtain a DUNS number www.dnb.com. Any such sub-recipient must also establish and maintain active and current profiles in the CCR at www.ccr.gov.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) amended the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) to increase the maximum annual amount of TAA funds that may be spent on training. The Department will use some of the funds appropriated for TAA in FY 2009 under the Consolidated Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. No. 111-8) (Omnibus Appropriations) for a supplemental distribution to the states, and will also hold funds in reserve. This program letter explains the formula methodology used in distributing this supplemental distribution and describes the process for states to request additional TAA program reserve funds for training.

To inform states of a change in the guidelines for negotiating Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB performance goals and performance levels for the Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for Program Year (PY) 2009. In addition to the change in guidelines for negotiating performance goals, this document also publishes the GPRA goals for eleven other programs administered by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA); and explains the regression model used for setting the new national targets for the workforce investment program.

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of FY 2009 UI funds to: 1) develop or update UI IT Contingency Plans, including obtaining an Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), and 2) improve UI IT Security.

To initiate and issue supplemental instructions for the preparation of the FY 2010 SQSP.

The purpose of this guidance is to provide all SCSEP grant applicants with application instruction and procedures for Program Year (PY) 2009 funds, with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2009.