Through this guidance, the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (Departments) delineate the process for negotiating levels of performance, as required by section 116(b)(3)(A)(iv) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This guidance also provides explanation of the two instances in which a state may be sanctioned for performance failure or for failure to report (section 116(f) of WIOA). Section 116 of WIOA, its implementing regulations, and this guidance govern how the Departments will determine when it is necessary to sanction a state, which is statutorily required by WIOA.

To provide an update on technical assistance to states, territories, and outlying areas related to the requirements for submitting PYs 2020-2023 Unified and Combined State Plans under sections 102 and 103 of WIOA. The PYs 2020-2023 Unified and Combined State Plans will cover the four-year period from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2024.

To announce the rate of interest that the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) will charge on Title XII advances during CY 2020.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2020 UI RESEA grants and to invite State Workforce Agencies to submit applications for funding.

To provide guidelines for the FY 2020 UI RESEA grants and to invite StateWorkforce Agencies to submit applications for funding.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To provide information about the 2020 UI SIDES Seminar sponsored by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) on March 3-5, 2020, in Kansas City, Missouri.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce changes to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) regulations as part of the implementation of the Wagner-Peyser Act Staffing Flexibility final rule. Additionally, this TEN provides information to states seeking to adopt the flexibilities provided in this rulemaking as part of their WIOA Unified or Combined State Plan submissions for 2020.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jointly remind State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) responsible for the administration of the UI program that state Labor Market Information (LMI) offices are important stakeholders and partners when states are modernizing their UI information technology (IT) benefits and tax systems and need to be included throughout the lifecycle of a modernization project. Concurrent with the publication of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN), BLS is issuing a LMI Administrative Memorandum with the same content as this TEN.

To announce the availability of two online resource pages devoted to supporting states' efforts in implementing and complying with the new RESEA program requirements.