[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3839]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Workforce Security Programs: Unemployment Insurance Program 
Letters Interpreting Federal Law, UIPL 14-05 and UIPL 14-05, Change 1

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In December 2002, the Employment and Training Administration 
(ETA) began a review of the performance management system for the 
Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. The review addressed the following 
topics: (a) The performance measures; (b) the criteria used to gauge 
success against the measures; and (c) the administration of UI 
Performs. ETA conducted the review in significant consultation with 
State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and indirectly through the National 
Association of State Workforce Agencies' Subcommittee for UI Performs. 
ETA contracted with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. to assist with 
the data analyses.
    The review resulted in a recommendation that ETA publish a guidance 
to streamline the UI performance management system (UI Performs) in the 
following three significant ways: (1) Reduce the number of performance 
goals to a few ``core'' measures; (2) utilize the data of the remaining 
measures for program management with no performance goals; and (3) 
streamline the State Quality Service Plan narrative. In response, on 
June 16, 2004, ETA published UIPL No. 21-04, which outlined the 
proposed changes to UI Perform and invited public comments. (69 FR 
33669 (2004)).

UIPL 14-05

    At the end of the comment period, ETA issued UIPL 14-05 to advise 
SWAs of the changes made to UI Performs based on the recommendation and 
data of the comprehensive review and the comments received in response 
to the June 2004 UIPL. UIPL 14-05 also summarized the comments that 
were received in response to the June 2004 publication and established 
the effective dates for implementing the changes.
    In order to fully implement the changes outlined in UIPL 14-05, ETA 
collected additional data to analyze and formulate policy on the 
definitions and to determine the Acceptable Levels of Performance 
(ALPs). Through this Notice, ETA is publishing UIPL 14-05, Change 1, 
which describes ETA's policy on these issues and the requirements for 
SWAs.

UIPL 14-05, Change 1

    UIPL 14-05, Change 1 identifies the methodology used to measure 
performance and set the ALP for the detection of overpayments. In 
addition, this UIPL clarifies the methods for measuring the average age 
of pending lower and higher authority appeals and clarifies the 
implementation schedule for the tax quality measure corrective action 
plans.

DATES: UIPL 14-05 was effective on February 18, 2005. UIPL 14-05, 
Change 1 was effective on October 12, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delores Mackall, Office of Workforce 
Security, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room 4231, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone (202) 693-3183 
(this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech 
impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by calling 
the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please go to http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/ to view a copy of UIPL 14-05 and UIPL 14-05, Change 1.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 8th day of March, 2006.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-3839 Filed 3-15-06; 8:45 am]
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