To advise states of amendments to Federal law providing for unemployment compensation (UC) modernization incentive payments to states, a special administrative transfer to states, relief from interest on advances to state unemployment funds, and the partial suspension of Federal income tax on UC.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the opportunity to submit a supplemental budget request (SBR) for costs associated with implementation of the new temporary Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program.

To advise states of temporary changes to the permanent federal-state extended benefits (EB) program.

To provide states with instructions for implementing and operating the new temporary Federal Additional Compensation (FAC) program, including fiscal and reporting instructions.

To issue the revised federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program.

To announce the release and availability of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) Occasional Paper 2009-7: An Analysis of Unemployment Insurance Non-Filers: 2005 CPS Supplement Results.

The purpose of this guidance is to announce receipt of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the reporting and administrative forms for the consolidated WOTC Program and transmit the newly revised forms and on-line reporting instructions.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2009-3: Evaluation of the Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative, Final Report

To announce the release and the availability of report titled Ready4Work: Final Research Report.

To announce the release and availability of the report titled An Evaluation of the Latino Coalition’s Reclamando Nuestro Futuro (Reclaiming our Future) Program.