- TEGL No. 11-11, Change 1 (Issue Date: January 20, 2012)Subject
Selective Service Registration Requirements for Employment and Training Administration Funded Programs
PurposeThis Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) Change 1 clarifies which programs or services must comply with the Selective Service registration requirements of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 § 189(h), codified at 20 CFR 667.250, and the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453), codified at 32 CFR Part 1605. This guidance clarifies that programs or services funded or authorized by Title I of WIA, not those funded or authorized solely by the Wagner-Peyser Act, must comply with the Selective Service registration requirements. This clarification replaces and supersedes prior guidance issued.
ActiveProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - TEGL No. 13-11 (Issue Date: January 17, 2012)Subject
Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 State Initial Allocations and the Process for Requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program Reserve Funds
PurposeTo provide State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperative State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) with the formula methodology used in developing the FY 2012 initial allocations, and to describe the process for states to use to request TAA program reserve funds for Training, Employment and Case Management Services, Job Search Allowances, and Relocation Allowances, including the State Administration of these benefits.
CanceledProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - UIPL No. 07-12 (Issue Date: January 11, 2012)Subject
Federal Military Pensions
PurposeTo ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) provided by the Department of Defense.
CanceledProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - UIPL No. 08-12 (Issue Date: January 11, 2012)Subject
Consolidation of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) 9000 and ETA 227 Reports
PurposeTo advise states that the ETA 9000 report, “Internal Fraud Activities,” has been discontinued. Some of the information from the ETA 9000 report was merged into the ETA 227 Report, “Overpayment, Detection and Recovery Activities,” and additional changes to the ETA 227 Report were also made.
ActiveProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - UIPL No. 06-12 (Issue Date: January 11, 2012)Subject
Revised Federal Schedule of Remuneration for Use in Determining Benefit Eligibility under the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) Program
PurposeTo ensure states are aware of the revised Schedule of Remuneration for the UCX program, which was issued December 29, 2011, and reflects the military pay increase effective January 1, 2012.
CanceledProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - TEN No. 23-11 (Issue Date: January 9, 2012)Subject
New Research Reports on Summer and Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiatives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
PurposeTo announce the release and availability of three new Employment and Training Administration (ETA) research reports related to summer and post-summer youth employment initiatives: (1) Using TANF Funds to Support Subsidized Youth Employment: The 2010 Summer Youth Employment Initiative; (2) Beyond a Summer Work Experience: The Recovery Act 2009 Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiative; and (3) Innovative Programs and Promising Practices: Indian and Native American Summer Youth Employment Initiatives and the 2009 Recovery Act.
ActiveProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - UIPL No. 05-12 (Issue Date: January 6, 2012)Subject
2012 Pay Adjustments for Annual Salary Rates for General Schedule (GS) Federal Employees in 31 Locality Pay Areas
PurposeTo ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.
CanceledProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - TEN No. 22-11 (Issue Date: January 6, 2012)Subject
Release and Availability of Employment Research In Brief: An Annotated Bibliography of ETA-Sponsored Studies
PurposeTo announce the release and availability of Employment Research In Brief: An Annotated Bibliography of ETA-Sponsored Studies.
ActiveProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - TEGL No. 12-11 (Issue Date: January 5, 2012)Subject
$500 Million Special Distribution under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act)
PurposeTo strongly encourage states to expend their allotment from the $500 million special distribution under the Recovery Act as quickly as feasible and prudent in accordance with the intent of the Recovery Act to preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery.
ActiveProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012 - UIPL No. 04-12 (Issue Date: January 5, 2012)Subject
Social Security Annuities and Federal Civilian Pensions
PurposeTo ensure states are aware that:
1) the social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and the Federal civilian pensions annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase for calendar year 2012, and
2) COLA information may be found on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Web site.CanceledProgram Year:2011Fiscal Year:2012