To update the guidance in TEGL 12-14 to States on the funding limits of PY 2014 (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015) for planning and implementation activities associated with the transition to WIOA.

To inform states of the benefits of using SIDES as the exclusive means to request and receive separation information from employers and third party administrators (TPAs) and to highlight the additional SIDES data exchange formats currently available.

To provide corrections to the TAA Operating Instructions for Implementing the Amendments to the Trade Act of 1974, issued in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 5-15 dated September 4, 2015.

To encourage the public workforce system to consider policies and strategies that support Unemployment Insurance (UI) beneficiaries who are seeking postsecondary education and training opportunities, including longer-term training and education programs.

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) 2017.

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

To announce the 2016 Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Symposium, being held on December 7-8, 2016, in Baltimore, Maryland.

To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective July 2016.

This Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) Change 2 provides current SCSEP national grantees with the application instructions, allocations, and the process and procedures for the second quarter of Program Year (PY) 2016. We will provide further information at a later date on the transition to grants that will be awarded under the SCSEP Funding Announcement (FOA) to provide SCSEP services for the PY 2016 third and fourth quarters.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce the implementation schedule for an integrated performance reporting system for ETA and VETS workforce programs. Grantees under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (titles I and III), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), H-1B Job Training Grants, Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO), and Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) will report performance measure outcomes under a new integrated system that will generally become available after July 1, 2016 for testing, and after October 1, 2016 for reporting. This TEN provides, for each program, a timeline for system availability and expected submission of performance data.