To initiate the SQSP process, provide supplemental instructions, and define additional requirements for the FY 2015 SQSP.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) communicates the vision for an integrated, effective, job-driven workforce system. Further, it: shares the Vice President Joe Biden's job-driven training report, the results of the Vice President's review of Federal job training and education programs; describes the seven key elements of job-driven employment and training programs; provides informational resources; and encourages states and local workforce investment areas, DOL grantees, and strategic partners to integrate these elements in their strategic planning and program operations.

To provide:

a. Preliminary FY 2015 dollar and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans (SQSP);

b. General guidelines for FY 2015 resource planning; and

c. An explanation of how the Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among states.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of IPIA 2014 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of IPIA 2014 BAM data.

Through this notice, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) communicates the enactment of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), announces its current implementation plans, shares key statutorily-required implementation dates, and provides initial informational resources regarding the provisions in the new law.

To notify states of a supplemental funding opportunity involving fiscal year (FY) 2014 unemployment insurance (UI) State Administration funds to address worker misclassification within the federal-state UI program and to provide guidance on how states can submit funding requests.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance to states and grantees concerning the eligibility of individuals granted relief under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Initiative (DACA participants) with employment authorization documents (employment authorization) for program eligibility for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs and Wagner-Peyser Act programs.

To announce the release and availability of the ETA National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) Public Access Data for Fiscal Years 1989-2012.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states" in administering the TAA program by identifying the FY 2014 Second Distribution amounts to states and describing the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department or We) used to calculate these amounts; and to describe the process for states to request TAA program reserve funds for training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 funds to expand existing UI REA programs, or to implement a new REA program if the state does not currently have one.