This notice announces the Survey about the Use of Technical Assistance by State and Local Workforce Systems ("Technical Assistance Survey") and encourages responses from public workforce system representatives who receive the survey. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will survey samples of state workforce agency directors, state unemployment insurance agency directors, local workforce investment board (LWIB) directors, and ETA competitive grantees. The survey will ask about the types of TA available, the manner the TA is accessed, uses of the TA, and actions taken as a result of the TA. This information will contribute to a report on the extent of and type of use of TA in the workforce system.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.

To provide guidance for YouthBuild grantees implementing the "Construction Plus" component of the YouthBuild program, including a synopsis of what it entails and to inform workforce partners of the expansion of the YouthBuild program to include Construction Plus training in addition to construction training.

To notify State Workforce Agencies of the conditions under which EUC administrative funds may be used to pay UI benefits to staff separated as a result of the EUC program expiring on January 1, 2014.

To remind the workforce investment system of data validation and performance reporting requirements and establish associated timelines for submitting reports for the following programs/activities:

• Quarterly participant records, annual reports, and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs and National Emergency Grants (NEGs);
• Quarterly participant records and data validation results for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service;
• Quarterly reports for activities authorized under 38 U.S.C. 4103A and 4104 (Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) and Local Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVER));
• Quarterly reports, participant records, and data validation results for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program;
• Individual participant records for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP); and
• Individual participant records for the Division of Indian and Native American Program (DINAP).

To advise state workforce agencies of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) efforts to: 1) reengineer UI benefits program accountability processes in response to the UI system's needs within the context of available capacity and resources and 2) to advise states of ETA's intent to engage states to gain their input in the reengineering process.

To announce and solicit nominations for the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Legislative Seminar.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance for the use of WIA Youth-funded activities in PY 2014.

To formalize Trade Adjustment Assistance Data Integrity as a required component of quarterly reporting submitted by State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs or "states") and to establish procedures for corrective action by the Department of Labor (Department) in the event of non-compliance.

To announce a series of Webinars to engage the public in implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (the Workforce Act or the Act). Additionally, the Department has established a Resource Page that contains resource information on the Workforce Act, including implementation timelines and questions and answers.