To announce the availability of an updated Workforce Investment Act/Wagner-Peyser Act (WIA/W-P) waiver database and an optional submission template that may be used by states to request waivers.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) provides information on the Selective Service registration requirements for Workforce Investment Act-funded services established by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) § 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.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as “Cooperative State Agencies” (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as “states”) implement the provisions of the TAAEA enacted on October 21, 2011. The TAAEA amends the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program (2011 Amendments), restoring (with some exceptions) the expanded certification criteria and benefits and services provided under the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Act of 2009 (2009 Amendments).

To inform the public workforce system about the availability of AT resources for customers with disabilities.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to provide information on the new “Gold Card” initiative of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for Post-9/11 Era Veterans.

The purpose of this notice is twofold:
1) To introduce ETA’s Competency Model for Health – Electronic Health Records (EHR), a resource for training and upgrading the skills of the health industry workforce impacted by the implementation of EHR; and
2) To provide a Resource Guide for Health Information Technology, a tool for supporting the workforce requirements anticipated during the widespread adoption of electronic health records.

To advise states that on October 31, 2011, the current Withdrawal/Invalid Claim (WIC) application will be discontinued and a new “enhanced” WIC application, called WIC2, will be implemented on November 1, 2011.

Per recent Congressional action, this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) has two purposes:
a) To provide states with revised allotment levels for the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Fiscal Year 2012 “advance” funds which become available to states in October 2011. The revised levels are based on the 1.503 temporary rate of operations reduction included in the short-term Continuing Appropriations Acts of 2012.
b) To clarify that the Governors’ Reserve is set at five percent for all Performance Year 2011 WIA funds.

To provide information to all U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) funded YouthBuild programs about required documentation for participant eligibility and for validating performance outcomes.

To announce the availability of the Translating LMI into Service Delivery e-Learning training series, in order to encourage increased use of LMI, workforce information, and economic analyses to improve workforce development decision-making.