To announce the release and availability of the Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws Effective January 2015.

To extend the deadlines for all phases of the Career Videos for America’s Job Seekers Challenge.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) guidelines and key dates for the completion of IPIA 2015 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of IPIA 2015 BAM data.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to notify Indian and Native American grantees of the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) decision to provide designated grantees with the option to extend the two-year Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) plan and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) plan through PY 2010. The reason for extending the current two-year plan is to align the Native American Program’s planning cycle with the State Workforce System’s planning cycle (State Workforce strategic plans have been extended for one additional PY). This will allow better coordination between the States and the Native American Program when developing partnerships and negotiating Memorandums of Understanding. In addition, the Department of Labor (DOL) is anticipating the reauthorization of WIA within the next year which may require the two-year strategic plans to be modified again.

To correct the effective date of the federal military retired pay annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) published in UIPL No. 08-15, "Federal Military Pensions." The correct effective date of the military COLA increases is December 1, 2014.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to: 1) define layoff aversion, and 2) provide guidance on the appropriate use of incumbent worker training (IWT) for layoff aversion if using local or Rapid Response funds via waiver.

To assist State Workforce Agencies or agencies designated by Governors as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") in administering the TAA program by identifying the FY 2015 Initial Allocation amounts to states and describing the formula methodology the Department of Labor (Department or We) used to calculate these amounts; and to describe the process for states to request TAA program reserve funds for training, employment and case management services, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and related state administration.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2010-07 titled Use of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services by Newly Unemployed Leavers from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

The purpose of this notice is to: (1) assist the American Job Center (AJC) network operators and partners in filing TAA petitions on behalf of worker groups; (2) assist the State Workforce Agencies designated by the Governor as "Cooperating State Agencies" (CSAs) (also jointly referred to as "states") in carrying out their responsibilities regarding the submission of complete TAA petitions filed with the Department of Labor (Department or We); and (3) improve the quality of TAA state-filed petitions by ensuring accurate information is disseminated to petitioners through partnerships with Rapid Response teams.

To notify State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 funds for technology-based infrastructure investments that support integrity-related activities designed to prevent, detect, and collect UI overpayments.