To notify states that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will conduct an assessment of state quarterly financial reports – ETA Form 9130 (OMB Control No. 1205-0461). The assessment will focus on whether each state’s reported data on obligations meets ETA requirements provided in the 9130 instructions and other ETA provided financial reporting guidance and training.

To announce the Road to Recovery: Strategies for Reemployment Conference, which will be held December 14-15, 2010, in Arlington, Virginia, encourage the participation of state Unemployment Insurance (UI) staff, and provide information on how state UI agencies may be reimbursed for actual travel and per diem to attend the conference.

To announce the Road to Recovery: Strategies for Reemployment Conference, which will be held December 14-15, 2010, in Arlington, Virginia, encourage the participation of state Unemployment Insurance (UI) staff, and provide information on how state UI agencies may be reimbursed for actual travel and per diem to attend the conference.

To provide states with the formula methodology used in developing the FY 2011 initial allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training, job search, and relocation allowances.

To provide guidance on compliance with the requirements of recent appropriations act provisions, including Section 511, Division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, Public Law No. 111-117, regarding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-10, The Role of Unemployment Insurance As an Automatic Stabilizer During a Recession.

To encourage states to establish parameters for funding entrepreneurial and self-employment training under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), which authorizes the provision of entrepreneurial training to adult and dislocated workers, and authorizes entrepreneurial work experiences for youth.

To inform all Employment and Training (ETA) workforce system agencies of additional Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reporting requirements under the FFATA effective October 1, 2010.

To announce the release and availability of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Protocol for Implementing Priority of Service Regulations for Veterans and Eligible Spouses to assist and support those agencies and other grantees that receive funds from the Department to operate qualified job training programs in the implementation of Priority of Service for Veterans and Eligible Spouses.

To announce the implementation of an online electronic filing application for petitions for TAA.