To announce the availability of a Guide and four "How-To" Manuals, entitled as a set Taking Care of Business, on creating and sustaining employer-based workforce development intermediaries and developing successful strategies that support transformation of the workforce system.

To provide an updated and consolidated list of acceptable narrative reasons for separation from military service for UCX claims purposes. Unemployment Insurance Program Letters (UIPLs) No. 3-95, Changes 1, 2, 3, and 4 are rescinded.

To provide states with the Program Year (PY) 2007 ACSI Table of Weights, and to alert states to the possibility of new customer survey plans for PY 2008.

To provide additional information about planned consultations for the development of Workforce Investment Act (WIA)/Wagner-Peyser Act State Planning Guidances for the Program Year (PY) 2010-2015 Five-Year Planning Cycle.

To request Area of Substantial Unemployment (ASU) designations in each state as defined in the WIA in order to allot funds under the Act for the period beginning July 1, 2009.

To announce Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the extension of the UI DV program.

To respond to questions regarding the Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08) program (included as Attachment A to this UIPL); to correct the ending
date(s) during which an individual may receive a final payment for EUC08 during the phase-out period of the program; and to change the expiration date of Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 23-08 to “continuing.”

To inform workforce liaisons, workforce agencies, and local One-Stop Career Centers about copies of the PTA Goes to Work Toolkit being mailed to each entity

To provide a summary of selected ETA 581 data with associated charts and tables for CY 2007.

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) that FTP will be removed from the states’ Sun® systems on October 1, 2008, and recommend secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) tools.