The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance for the use of WIA Youth-funded activities in PY 2014.

To ensure states are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

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

To provide guidance to the states in determining and allocating the costs of assessing and collecting penalties and interest (P&I) that are collected under a state’s unemployment compensation (UC) law and used for non-UC purposes.

To advise state workforce agencies of the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) efforts to: 1) reengineer UI benefits program accountability processes in response to the UI system's needs within the context of available capacity and resources and 2) to advise states of ETA's intent to engage states to gain their input in the reengineering process.

To provide clarification on allowable costs associated with Mental Toughness/Orientation activities under the YouthBuild Program

To remind the workforce investment system of data validation and performance reporting requirements and establish associated timelines for submitting reports for the following programs/activities:

• Quarterly participant records, annual reports, and data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs and National Emergency Grants (NEGs);
• Quarterly participant records and data validation results for the Wagner-Peyser Act Employment Service;
• Quarterly reports for activities authorized under 38 U.S.C. 4103A and 4104 (Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) and Local Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVER));
• Quarterly reports, participant records, and data validation results for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program;
• Individual participant records for the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP); and
• Individual participant records for the Division of Indian and Native American Program (DINAP).

To provide information for FY 2010 UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To notify State Workforce Agencies of the conditions under which EUC administrative funds may be used to pay UI benefits to staff separated as a result of the EUC program expiring on January 1, 2014.

To announce the 2010 UI Integrity Professional Development Conference scheduled for April 19-21, in Arlington, Virginia, and to request agenda items and encourage staff participation at the conference.