- TEN No. 29-23 (Issue Date: May 6, 2024)Subject
Evaluation Requirements and Flexibilities for States under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
PurposeTo clarify existing requirements and flexibilities for states in conducting evaluations (as a form of research) pursuant to the regulations at 20 CFR 682.220, consistent with WIOA Sections 116(e), 129, 134, 168, 169 ; [29 U.S.C. 3141(e), 3164, 3174, 3223, 3224].
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - UIPL No. 11-24 (Issue Date: May 3, 2024)Subject
Procedures for the Completion and Publication of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Data for Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) Reporting Year 2024
PurposeTo provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of the 2024 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of 2024 BAM data.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - TEN No. 28-23 (Issue Date: May 2, 2024)Subject
Announcement of a New Data Sharing Partnership Between the U.S. Department of Treasury’s (Treasury) Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies’ (NASWA) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Integrity Center to provide State UI Agencies Access to Do Not Pay Working System (DNP) Data Sources and Services through the UI Integrity Data Hub (IDH)
PurposeTo announce the new data sharing partnership between Treasury’s Fiscal Service and NASWA’s UI Integrity Center to make DNP data sources and services available to the IDH to further support states in preventing and detecting improper payments and strengthening UI program integrity. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) also announces an updated IDH Participation Agreement (PA) – Version 6.0, which states must execute to access DNP data sources and services through the IDH.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - UIPL No. 11-23, Change 1 (Issue Date: April 29, 2024)Subject
Announcing an Extension of Period of Time that Funding will be Available to Cover Transaction Costs and Announcing the Establishment of a Deadline for States to Enter into Data Sharing Agreements (DSAs) for the National Identity Verification Offering (NIDVO) Established in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 11-23
PurposeTo advise states that funding is expected to be available to cover transaction costs for a period of at least the two years after the date the state deploys NIDVO or two years after the date this UIPL is issued, whichever is later. In addition, this UIPL advises states that they must enter into a DSA with the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) by June 28, 2024 to participate in NIDVO with transaction costs covered by the Department.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - TEN No. 27-23 (Issue Date: April 29, 2024)Subject
Announcing the Publication of the Final Rule, Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States
PurposeTo announce the publication of the final rule on Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States (Farmworker Protection Rule), which makes changes to the regulations regarding the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service (ES), in addition to changes to the regulations governing the H-2A temporary nonimmigrant agricultural worker visa program at 20 CFR 655, subpart B, and 29 CFR 501. This Training and Employment Notice (TEN) describes revisions to the ES regulations at 20 CFR parts 651, 653, and 658, which relate to the Agricultural Recruitment System (ARS) and the situations where State Workforce Agencies (SWA) discontinue providing ES services to employers.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - TEGL No. 12-21, Change 2 (Issue Date: April 26, 2024)Subject
Foreign Labor Certification Grant Planning Guidance for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022 through FY 2024, Change 2
PurposeTo provide updated guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) regarding foreign labor certification activities, and announce the allotments for FY 2024 foreign labor certification grants.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - TEN No. 26-23 (Issue Date: April 19, 2024)Subject
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reporting System
PurposeTo provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) notice that the U.S. Department of Labor (Department) has begun a project to modernize the Unemployment Insurance Database Management System (UIDBMS), which will include changing the system from an on-premises server-based reporting system to a cloud-based reporting system; and to announce a national webinar to inform states of the modernization’s progress.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - TEN No. 25-23, Change 1 (Issue Date: April 12, 2024)Subject
Updated Dates for the 2024 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) “Exchanging Knowledge About the Exchanges” Informational Webinar Series
PurposeTo modify dates of the 2024 SIDES “Exchanging Knowledge About the Exchanges” Informational Webinar Series announced in Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 25-23. The series will take place from April 11, 2024, through May 2, 2024.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - TEN No. 25-23 (Issue Date: March 29, 2024)Subject
2024 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Information Data Exchange System (SIDES) “Exchanging Knowledge About the Exchanges” Informational Webinar Series
PurposeTo announce the 2024 SIDES “Exchanging Knowledge About the Exchanges” Informational Webinar Series that will be hosted by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) from April 4, 2024, through May 2, 2024.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024 - TEGL No. 11-23, Change 1 (Issue Date: March 22, 2024)Subject
Corrected Attachment I to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 11-23
PurposeThis Change 1 corrects the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 state formula allocations in Attachment I for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) program.
ActiveProgram Year:2023Fiscal Year:2024