The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of the report titled: Evidence-Building Capacity in State Workforce Agencies: Insights from a National Scan and Two State Site Visits, prepared by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA), and associated Training and Employment Notice (TEN).

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2017.

To transmit an updated Attachment providing a new Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Form number (ETA 9178) for the Quarterly Program Reporting Form for required reporting of quarterly progress and implementation updates for UI SBR grants.

To transmit revisions to ET Handbook 410, 5th Edition, RJM.

To provide information on the virtual WIPS User Resource Library Information Page, which contains a growing library of documents intended to help WIPS users better understand the workflow of the system and provide answers to frequently asked questions.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2017 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2017 BAM data.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2017 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

To reissue and update guidance provided in General Administration Letter (GAL) No. 4-88, Unemployment Insurance (UI) Internal Security (IS) Policy, for use by the states in carrying out their responsibilities related to IS for UI operations.

To provide adjusted funding levels for PY 2016 allotments for the Dislocated Worker program under WIOA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017.