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UI program performance goals for fiscal 2006–2008
Summary ETA reported how the unemployment insurance program performed against fiscal 2006 federal goals and announced targets for fiscal 2007 and 2008. An attachment breaks out state results for the performance indicators. ETA now labels this time-limited advisory Canceled.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
TEGL No. 6-07
Date issued
September 20, 2007
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this advisory Canceled as of 2026-10-24; its letter states an expiration date of September 20, 2008.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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Accessible letter PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2007/TEGL06-07acc.pdf
CLASSIFICATION
UI
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U. S. Department of Labor OWS/DPM
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
September 20, 2007
ADVISORY: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 6-07
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
FROM: EMILY STOVER DeROCCO /s/
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Program Goals: Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Performance,
FY 2007 Performance Targets, and FY 2008 Performance Targets
1. Purpose. To summarize the UI program’s GPRA performance for FY 2006 and
announce the FY 2007 and FY 2008 GPRA goals and targets.
2. References. Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 25-06, “Call
Memo for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Quality
Service Plan (SQSP);” Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 24-05,
“Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Program Goals: Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Performance and FY 2006 Performance
Targets;” TEGL No. 24-05, Change 1, “Baseline Value and the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Target for the Indicator Used for the Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) Goal to Facilitate the Reemployment of Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Beneficiaries;” UIPL No. 33-02, “Development of an Unemployment Insurance
Payment Accuracy/Integrity Measure;” UIPL No. 15-03, “Government Performance
and Results Act (GPRA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Program Goals;” TEGL No. 04-04, “Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program Goals: Fiscal Year (FY) 2003
Performance and FY 2004 Performance Targets;” UIPL No. 1-06, Collection of Data
on the Facilitation of Reemployment of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefit
Recipients.”
RECISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None September 20, 2008
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3. Background. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) includes five
performance goals for the UI program as part of its GPRA plan for FY 2007. Four
of these performance goals have been in place since 2003; the fifth, an efficiency
measure, was introduced in FY 2005. Data were available to compute measured
performance against targets for four of the goals in FY 2006. Three performance
targets were met and performance declined from FY 2005 for the one target that
was not attained. The Department began receiving the first data for the
“Facilitate Reemployment” measure during FY 2006, and used these first results
to establish a performance baseline and set a FY Target for 2007.
4. FY 2006 Performance and Targets for FY 2007 and FY 2008. The table below
gives the goals and targets for FYs 2006 – 2008 and FY 2006 performance.
FY 2006 GPRA Targets and Performance and
FY 2007 and FY 2008 Targets
FY 2006 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008
Goal and Indicator Target Actual Target Target
Payment Timeliness: Percent of 89.9 87.5 90.0 90.1
Intrastate First Payments Made
Within 14/21 Days
Establish Tax Accounts Promptly: 82.5 83.6 82.8 83.0
Percent of New Employer
Liability Determinations made
within 90 days of the end of the
first quarter in which they
become liable
Detect Overpayments: Establish 59.5 61.9 60.0 60.5
for recovery a percent of the
amount of estimated
overpayments that states can
detect and recover
Facilitate Reemployment: Percent 62.4* 65.1 65.0 TBD
of UI claimants who were
reemployed by the end of the
first quarter after the quarter in
which they received their first
payment. * Baseline
Efficiency: Quality-weighted 8.7 8.9 8.8 8.9
initial claims per $1,000 of
inflation- adjusted base grant
funds
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The FY 2007 and FY 2008 targets are in the Department’s FY 2008 Performance
Budget Overview. The FY 2007 targets can be found at http://www.dol.gov/
_sec/Budget2008/overview-pb.htm#app1, and the FY 2008 at
http://www.dol.gov/_sec/Budget2008/overview-pb.htm#sg4.
The goals and performance during FY 2006 were as follows:
• Payment Timeliness. Target: 89.9% of all intrastate first payments will be made
within 14/21 days.
o Actual performance for FY 2006: 87.5% were made within 14/21 days.
States’ first payment timeliness declined sharply from the previous year,
from 89.3 to 87.5%. Two thirds of the decline is estimated to be due to the
effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on timeliness in the Gulf states,
especially Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
First Payment Timeliness
Millions
95% 14
# #
93% # # # # # 13
#
#
#
91% 12
* * #* #
* #
* # * * *
89% # * * * * * * * * # # #
11
* * * #* *
# #*
87%
# #* 10
85% 9
Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
* Percent of First Payments made within 14/21 days
GPRA Target (89.9%)
# Number of New Initial Claims Filed (right scale)
Each data point represents the one year period up to and including the given month.
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• Establish Tax Accounts Promptly. Target: 82.5% of new-employer status
determinations will be made within 90 days of the end of the first quarter in
which liability occurred.
o Actual performance for FY 2006: 83.6% were made within 90 days.
The target was met, and performance rose sharply from 82.4 to 83.6%
as the new status determination workload declined.
Timeliness of New Employer Status Determinations
Millions
86% 1
84%
* * * * * # * 0.96
# * * * * # #
* # *
82%
* #* * * 0.92
# * #
# #
*
80% # # #*
#
# # #
# # # # 0.88
* *
# #
*
78% * 0.84
76% 0.8
Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
* Percent of New Employer SDs made within 90 days of quarter-ending date
GPRA Target (82.5%)
# Number of New Employer Status Determinations (right scale)
Each data point represents the one year period up to and including the given month.
• Detect Benefit Overpayments. Target: Establish for recovery 59.5% of the Benefit
Accuracy Measurement estimate of recoverable dollar overpayments most
detectable through state operations.
o Actual performance for FY 2006: 61.9% were established. The target was
met, and performance rose sharply from 58.8% in FY 2005.
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Detection of Overpayments
Millions
70% 250
* *
65% 200
*
# # # # # # # # *
*
# # *
# #
60% # # 150
* * * # #* #
#* # # #
# * * *
# * *
55% * * * 100
* * * *
50% 50
Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
* Amount Established by BPC as a % of BAM Estimated Operational Overpayment Amount
GPRA Target (59.5%)
# Number of Continued Weeks Claimed (right scale)
Each data point represents the one year period up to and including the given month.
• Facilitate Claimant Reemployment. Target: Begin collecting data and establish a
performance baseline.
o States began reporting reemployment data in March 2006. A performance
baseline of 62.4%, and a target of 65% for FY 2007, were established. The
FY 2006 reemployment rate was 65.1%.
• Efficiency. Target: Make at least 8.7 quality-weighted initial claims per $1,000 of
inflation-adjusted base grant funds.
o Actual performance for FY 2006: During FY 2006, 8.9 quality-weighted
claims were made per $1,000 of inflation-adjusted base grants. The
quality dimension of this measure, first developed in FY 2004, is a
weighted average of the percentages of timely and accurate payments.
This measure is only computed as an aggregate figure. However, every
State can contribute to attaining the target by making more timely and
accurate payments.
The Department’s Performance and Accountability Report includes the FY 2006
results. It can be found at http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/reports/
annual2006/PDF/2006annualreport.pdf.
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5. Actions. State Workforce Agency administrators and liaisons are requested to:
a. Distribute this advisory to appropriate staff;
b. Review state performance on each performance goal;
1) If performance is below the 2007 target, focus management attention on
improvement; seek technical assistance from the ETA Regional Office as
appropriate; or
2) If state performance meets or exceeds the goal, ensure that performance is
sustained or improved.
6. Inquiries. Direct questions to the appropriate Regional Office.
7. Attachment: Performance on GPRA Indicators by State, FY 2006.
Attachment 1 PDF: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/TEGL/2007/TEGL06-07a1.pdf
Attachment
Performance on GPRA Indicators by State, FY 2006
Intrastate First Payment New Status Timeliness, Detection of Facilitation of
Timeliness, 14/21 Days 90 Days Overpayments Reemployment*
State (Target 89.9%) (Target: 82.5%) (Target: 59.5%) (Target: 62.4%)
AK 93.3% 91.1% 36.8% 63.5%
AL 95.1% 75.7% 41.8% 73.7%
AR 94.3% 83.9% 22.3% 68.3%
AZ 77.7% 49.4% 40.0% 60.7%
CA 80.4% 90.0% 100.6% 67.9%
CO 89.7% 84.6% 60.0% 58.4%
CT 92.0% 87.5% 70.4% 62.5%
DC 88.7% 81.5% 36.4% 57.1%
DE 94.1% 82.0% 17.9% 72.0%
FL 89.5% 86.5% 107.4% 60.7%
GA 91.4% 90.2% 96.0% 66.1%
HI 90.7% 88.9% 48.1% 67.9%
IA 91.5% 71.0% 106.4% 76.2%
ID 96.9% 89.1% 63.2% 75.8%
IL 89.2% 74.8% 57.0% 64.3%
IN 81.9% 85.0% 79.9% 68.3%
KS 90.9% 68.1% 51.5% 59.0%
KY 92.9% 88.2% 54.7% 72.2%
LA 47.3% 85.2% 25.8% 58.6%
MA 86.2% 85.3% 42.1% 53.2%
MD 94.4% 79.4% 154.5% 65.4%
ME 92.5% 80.6% 144.9% 65.0%
MI 89.6% 82.3% 51.2% 66.4%
MN 88.6% 77.5% 36.4% 68.3%
MO 86.8% 83.8% 55.1% 69.7%
MS 62.6% 82.0% 148.7% 64.3%
MT 95.4% 90.7% 32.6% 74.4%
NC 80.7% 75.3% 52.9% 61.6%
ND 98.7% 87.1% 100.5% 77.5%
NE 91.5% 84.5% 48.9% 65.2%
NH 69.7% 84.5% 51.4% 70.3%
NJ 90.3% 76.6% 44.3% 56.8%
NM 82.7% 87.7% 90.6% 49.7%
NV 86.9% 90.5% 40.5% 66.9%
NY 90.7% 90.7% 72.3% 60.9%
OH 96.5% 88.5% 75.7% 66.5%
OK 94.9% 81.9% 71.8% 59.9%
OR 89.2% 83.6% 36.3% 63.1%
PA 90.8% 74.2% 44.7% 67.9%
PR 92.5% 63.3% 28.5% 52.2%
RI 87.7% 96.2% 79.0% 61.0%
SC 92.5% 89.4% 30.1% 64.9%
SD 97.5% 88.2% 149.6% 71.5%
TN 93.8% 82.4% 67.3% 63.4%
TX 87.2% 83.7% 59.6% 63.0%
UT 97.1% 91.8% 125.5% 71.8%
VA 90.0% 84.4% 46.6% 70.1%
VI 75.6% 96.2% INA INA
VT 96.1% 73.8% 57.3% 69.3%
WA 90.7% 91.9% 192.1% 70.1%
WI 91.7% 73.4% 92.1% 77.3%
WV 92.4% 87.4% 40.3% 70.6%
WY 94.5% 86.5% 40.8% 69.2%
US 87.5% 83.6% 61.9% 65.1%
* Percentage of persons who received first payment in quarter ending 9/30/2005, 12/31/2005, 3/31/2006, or
6/30/2006, and who were employed in the following quarter. Includes interstate employment if State reports it.
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