To strongly encourage states to expend their allotment from the $500 million special distribution under the Recovery Act as quickly as feasible and prudent in accordance with the intent of the Recovery Act to preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery.

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

To provide: a. Preliminary FY 2016 dollar and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans (SQSP); b. General guidelines for FY 2016 resource planning; and c. An explanation of how the Department of Labor (Department) allocates base resources among states.

To announce the release and availability of Employment Research In Brief:  An Annotated Bibliography of ETA-Sponsored Studies.

To inform SWAs, State Monitor Advocates (SMAs), and Foreign Labor Certification State Coordinators (FLCs) of the 2015 "Monitor Advocate and SWA Foreign Labor Certification Training," sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The training will be held at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia, September 15-17, 2015. (See attachment for meeting agenda.)

To announce the release and availability of three new Employment and Training Administration (ETA) research reports related to summer and post-summer youth employment initiatives: (1) Using TANF Funds to Support Subsidized Youth Employment: The 2010 Summer Youth Employment Initiative; (2) Beyond a Summer Work Experience: The Recovery Act 2009 Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiative; and (3) Innovative Programs and Promising Practices: Indian and Native American Summer Youth Employment Initiatives and the 2009 Recovery Act.

To inform the workforce investment system of changes to previous guidance to TEGL 29-14, Change 1. One change corrects the Executive Level II salary cap to $183,300 and is in the Background section on page 2. The second change makes four corrections to Attachment A and is underlined on the Attachment. The remainder of the TEGL remains unchanged.

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 assist the State Workforce Agencies designated by the Governor as "cooperating state agencies" (CSAs) in implementing the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Reauthorization Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015).

To advise states that the ETA 9000 report, “Internal Fraud Activities,” has been discontinued. Some of the information from the ETA 9000 report was merged into the ETA 227 Report, “Overpayment, Detection and Recovery Activities,” and additional changes to the ETA 227 Report were also made.