To further advise states of the expiration of the HCTC program and provide guidance regarding the phase out of the state data transmittals on eligible TAA recipients to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for HCTC purposes.

The U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (ED) (collectively, Departments) are exercising their transition authority under section 503(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to inform States that the Departments will consider Program Year (PY) 2016 WIOA Statewide and Local Performance Reports (form ETA-9169) submitted by October 16, 2017, as being timely. For all subsequent PYs, States must submit the WIOA Statewide and Local Performance Report by October 1 to be considered timely, pursuant to the "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Performance Accountability, Information and Reporting System" information collection request (WIOA Joint Performance ICR).

The WIOA Joint Performance ICR, approved under OMB Control Number 1205-0526, contains the performance accountability reporting requirements for the core programs identified in WIOA and authorized under:

• WIOA title I and administered by DOL;
• the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) program, authorized under WIOA title II and administered by ED;
• the Employment Service program authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by WIOA title III and administered by DOL; and
• the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by WIOA title IV and administered by ED.

To issue the revised Federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To provide policy and program guidance for the development, management, and delivery of workforce and labor market information (WLMI) funded through the WIGS.

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 2014 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 OMB approval of the extension with revision of approved collection, OMB Control No. 1205-0499, for the quarterly progress reports (QPR) for the STC Grants. Approval of OMB Control No. 1205-0499 is extended through June 30, 2019.

To inform states of additional optional provisions that are approved for short-time compensation (STC) laws under section 3306(v)(10) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA).

To provide State Workforce Agencies with increased flexibility to provide RESEA grant activities to UI claimants in addition to the targeted populations.

To inform the workforce community of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) consolidation and publication of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards; Final Rule on December 26, 2013.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018.