The purpose of this directive is to remind all State administrators of Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs of their responsibility: (1) to collect and analyze claimant demographic data for possible indications of systemic discrimination, and (2) to investigate any such indications of potential discrimination that the analyses disclose. This Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) rescinds and replaces UIPL No. 46-89.

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2018.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of the FY 2018 annual grant allocations in order to perform FLC program activities.

To announce the release and availability of the Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2014.

To inform current and prospective Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant recipients of important information related to SAM. Current grant recipients should review their SAM registration information and ensure that it remains active. Prospective grant recipients are encouraged to complete a new SAM registration well in advance of their intent to apply for a federal grant.

To provide guidance to state workforce agencies about the requirement in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (Budget Act) to use the Treasury Offset Program (TOP) to collect covered unemployment compensation (UC) debt.

This guidance provides states and outlying areas with revised allotment levels for WIOA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities programs; and the Wagner-Peyser Act ES program for PY 2017. Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 27-16 indicated a 0.6791 percent reduction to the WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker levels for PY 2017. Change 2 restores funding to the originally allotted levels. Change 2 also restores the 0.5 percent of PY 2017 appropriated funding set aside for program integrity purposes from the WIOA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs, as well as the Wagner-Peyser Act ES program.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the release and availability of a report titled Evaluation of the STEM Initiative.

To provide information to states and outlying areas on WIOA Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities program allotments for PY 2018; final allotments for PY 2018 for the Wagner-Peyser ES Program, as required by section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and the allotments of Workforce Information Grants to states for PY 2018.

To disseminate state Acceptable Level of Performance (ALP) targets for the BYE UI integrity performance measure for the calendar year (CY) 2014 performance period and provide information on this measure for future performance periods.