The Department of Labor (DOL) invites the workforce development system to participate in the Career Videos for America’s Job Seekers Challenge (hereafter called the Challenge). This effort is a collaboration among the White House, the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), IdeaScale.com, online video makers, workforce development professionals, and job seekers.

To clarify application of sequestration in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 on delayed benefit payments from prior fiscal years and resulting administrative costs.

To clarify the Department of Labor’s position about the use of unemployment fund moneys to pay interest and other administrative costs on non-federal loans used to pay unemployment compensation (UC) under state law.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) provided by the Department of Defense.

• To explain current waiver policy and clarify conditions that ETA placed on certain waivers.
• To provide guidance on the elements of a waiver request and the submission and approval process.
• To provide information on waiver accountability, including monitoring.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) about a revision of the improper payment rate methodology for Unemployment Insurance Performs Core Measures.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice is to describe training required for workers involved in oil spill response and clean-up, and to describe the relevant role of the workforce investment system.

To inform the public workforce system and partners of the functionality and value of the government-wide Veterans Employment Center (VEC) available now through the eBenefits portal hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at: https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/jobs.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide guidance for use of WIA Youth formula funded activities in PY 2010 building from the experience and lessons learned during the implementation of the Youth program in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009.

To disseminate the final report of a study to develop an enhanced military to civilian occupational crosswalk under the provisions of Section 222 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act and to alert the workforce system and its partners of the availability of the study and resulting enhanced crosswalk. The enhanced crosswalk is designed to help transitioning servicemembers and veterans expand their potential options to transfer military skills and training to civilian careers and employment.