To provide the workforce development system with information related to the 2014 General Education Development (GED®) Test series.

To announce the release and availability of the following ETA Occasional Papers:

• Investing in Labor Market Information (LMI): A Summary of the State LMI Improvement Grants
• Investing in Labor Market Information (LMI): Insights from the Recovery Act LMI Grants
• Using Real-Time LMI To Explore Green Jobs
• Disseminating Labor Market Information: Insights from the State LMI Improvement Grants
• Strategic Partnering to Advance LMI: Insights from the State LMI Improvement Grants

To advise states of the work search and overpayment offset provisions added to permanent Federal unemployment compensation (UC) law by Title II, Subtitle A of The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law (Pub. L.) 112-96 that may require amendments to state UC law.

To provide states with a table of weights for use in calculating Program Year (PY) 2011 Workforce Investment Act customer satisfaction results (See Attachment A). This action will enable states to fulfill statutorily required obligations to collect data and measure customer satisfaction.

To advise states of the latest extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) program and temporary Extended Benefit (EB) provisions.

This guidance is a reminder that funds authorized under section 7(a) of the Wagner-Peyser Act must be used to provide core services (as defined in section 134(d)(2) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (codified at 29 USC § 2864(d)(2)) and 20 CFR 662.240) and may be used to provide intensive services (as defined in section 134(d)(3)(C) of the WIA (codified at 29 USC § 2864(d)(3)(C)) and 20 CFR 663.200.)  This issuance also provides guidance to states to ensure that this flexibility does not compromise the purpose of the Wagner-Peyser Act.

To announce the release and availability of two ETA Occasional Papers:  Evaluation of Waivers Granted Under WIA: Profiles of 12 Sites and Evaluation of Waivers Granted Under WIA: Final Report.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper:  Evaluation of the Senior Community Service Employment Program: Process and Outcomes Study Final Report.

To provide model legislation for states to use in implementing the provisions in Subtitle D of Title II of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 on short-time compensation or “worksharing” programs, and to provide additional guidance to the state agencies about the new definition of short-time compensation in Federal unemployment compensation law.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.