To inform the workforce system about the required process for providing outreach to and tracking outcomes of VRAP participants, including how the Department of Labor (DOL) will make available VRAP participant information to state grantees. It also includes procedures for American Job Center (formerly known as One-Stop Career Center) staff to offer VRAP participants employment assistance upon program completion or termination as required by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. This guidance provides specifications for reporting to DOL on outreach activities and the employment outcomes of VRAP participants. This change also corrects an inconsistency on the reporting values, offers more details on report due dates, provides instruction for reporting individuals who are both VRAP participants and Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC) claimants, and provides programmatic updates.

To provide guidance on the modifications to the WIA Performance Reporting System

To specify the performance reporting requirements and associated timelines for submitting reports and/or individual records for the following programs/activities:

• quarterly reports and data validation results for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service;
• quarterly and annual reports and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs and National Emergency Grants;
• the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program; and
• the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).

To publish the nationwide list of AJCs that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has designated as significant MSFW and bilingual local offices.

To announce the 2013 National Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax Conference that will be held in Washington, D.C., September 16 – 18.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of IPIA 2013 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of IPIA 2013 BAM data, and to amend the BAM case completion requirements in the BAM State Operations Handbook (ET Handbook No. 395, 5th Edition).

To inform the workforce system of the implementation of the Final Rule establishing the UNTEER for veterans and eligible persons for use in evaluating States’ performance in assisting veterans to meet their employment needs.

To inform the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of non-substantive changes made to ETA Form 9061, “Individual Characteristics Form.”

This notice is to inform the public workforce investment system about the new insurance coverage opportunities in the new Health Insurance Marketplace as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and to outline potential opportunities to assist job seekers and business customers about how and where to sign up for coverage.

To announce the release and availability of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Occasional Paper:  Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:  Workforce Development and Unemployment Insurance Provisions.