To invite state workforce agencies to submit proposals for a grant to continue or to implement a UI REA program, and to provide guidelines for FY 2014 UI REA grants.

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2014; final allotments for PY 2014 for the Wagner-Peyser ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the Workforce Information Grants to States allotments for PY 2014.

To provide SCSEP grantees with information about the statutory exemption of SCSEP wages for purposes of determining income eligibility for Federal housing programs and/or SNAP.

To provide instructions for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) employment and training grantees for preparing and submitting grant plans for Program Year (PY) 2014, and to convey the grant allocations for the program year.

To provide instructions for National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) housing grantees for preparing and submitting grant plans for Program Year (PY) 2014, and to convey the grant allocations for the program year.

To respond to questions from state workforce agencies and state workforce liaisons related to the October 2013 Federal government lapse in appropriations, or “shutdown,” and administrative funding for relevant programs pursuant to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Act).

To announce the 2014 UI Integrity Summit that will be held on May 13-14, 2014, in Washington, D.C.

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective January 2014.

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce the availability of Workforce Board Solutions, a web-based collection of governance resources for State and Local Boards as well as the debut of several new technical assistance products. While these tools and databases have been primarily developed for Board members and staff, the new website and its holdings have value for the wider public workforce system.

To provide an updated directory of Federal agencies that request detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data, which supports the U.S. Department of Labor’s (Department) quarterly unemployment compensation billings.