To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Papers:  Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative:  Interim Report and Evaluation of the Aging Worker Initiative:  Final Report.

To provide the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with final funding allotments for the administration of the WOTC program through September 30, 2013.

To respond to questions from State Workforce Agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperating State Agencies” (also jointly referred to as “states”) that administer the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program, as amended by the TAAEA.

To provide SCSEP Grantees with application instructions, procedures, and allotments for PY 2013 funds with a period of performance beginning July 1, 2013.

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of Labor Market Information and Workforce Information (LMI-WI) funded through WIGS for services to job seekers, employers, educators, economic developers, and others.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to articulate flexibility available for WIA Title I and W-P Act programs that may be helpful for managing Program Year (PY) 2013 sequestration and rescission-related formula funding reductions.

To announce the release and availability of Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Occasional Paper:  Implementation Evaluation of the Community-Based Job Training Grant (CBJTG) Program.

To inform States of the guidelines for negotiating WIA Title 1B program performance and performance levels for Wagner-Peyser Act funded activities for PY 2013. Once agreed upon between the State and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), these performance goals will be incorporated into the State’s Strategic Plan.

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 2013 UI REA grants.

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2013; final allotments for PY 2013 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 2013.