Updated dates for the transition of UI reports and benefit accuracy data to UIRS

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION               Unemployment Insurance
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                          CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                      OUI/DPM
             Washington, D.C. 20210                     DATE
                                                        March 24, 2026


ADVISORY:       UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 15-24,
                Change 2

TO:             STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES

FROM:           HENRY MACK, ED.D.
                Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:        Updated Dates for Permanent Transition of Unemployment Insurance Required
                Reports and Benefit Accuracy Measurement Applications from the
                Unemployment Insurance Database Management System to the Unemployment
                Insurance Reporting System

1. Purpose. To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with an updated notice of the
   upcoming permanent transition of the Unemployment Insurance Required Reports (UIR) and
   Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) applications from Unemployment Insurance
   Database Management System (UIDBMS) to Unemployment Insurance Reporting System
   (UIRS); to provide instructions to SWAs on how to submit data to UIRS; and to advise
   SWAs that starting January 20, 2026, all states must transmit their UIR data only through
   UIRS and that starting February 9, 2026, all states must transmit their BAM data only
   through UIRS.

2. Action Requested. The Department of Labor’s (Department’s) Employment and Training
   Administration (ETA) requests that Administrators of SWAs provide the information in this
   Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) to the appropriate state Unemployment
   Insurance (UI) program. SWAs should ensure information technology staff are aware of and
   follow instructions related to the submission of UIR data to UIRS beginning January 20,
   2026, and submission of BAM data to UIRS beginning February 9, 2026.

3. Summary and Background.

   a. Summary – This UIPL supersedes the dates for UIR and BAM deployment dates
      announced in UIPL 15-24, Change 1. Effective January 20, 2026, all states must transmit
      their UIR data to UIRS instead of UIDBMS. Effective February 9, 2026, all states must
      transmit their BAM data to UIRS instead of UIDBMS. The Department will no longer
      accept data submissions for these applications in UIDBMS after these respective dates.

   b. Background – Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 26-23, Unemployment
      Insurance (UI) Reporting System, issued on April 19, 2024, announced the Department’s
      project to modernize UIDBMS, a server-based reporting system, replacing it with UIRS,
      a cloud-based reporting system. Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No.

  RESCISSIONS                                            EXPIRATION DATE
  None                                                   Continuing

      15-24, Permanent Transition of Data Validation (DV) and Tax Performance System
      (TPS) Applications from the Unemployment Insurance Database Management System
      (UIDBMS) to the Unemployment Insurance Reporting System (UIRS), issued on July 17,
      2024, announced the permanent transition to a modernized, cloud-based system for the
      Data Validation (DV) and Tax Performance System (TPS) applications. UIPL No. 15-24,
      Change 1, Permanent Transition of Unemployment Insurance Required Reports (UIR)
      and Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM) Applications from the Unemployment
      Insurance Database Management System (UIDBMS) to the Unemployment Insurance
      Reporting System (UIRS) issued on August 19, 2025, announced the permanent transition
      to a modernized, cloud-based system for the UIR and BAM applications.

      For additional information about the UIRS project, refer to the webinar conducted on
      April 22, 2024. The webinar recording is available at:
      https://ui.workforcegps.org/events/2024/03/22/17/49/Unemployment-Insurance-
      Reporting-System-UIRS. A webinar for SWA staff on UIR and BAM was hosted by the
      Office of Unemployment Insurance (OUI) and the Office of the Chief Information
      Officer (OCIO) on January 15, 2026, and resources are available on the UI Community
      of Practice. Note that state staff must create an account with the UI Community of
      Practice in WorkforceGPS to access this content.

      Creation of the UIRS is a multi-year project, throughout which the Department will
      deploy new UIRS applications in a progressive rollout by program or function to all
      states. The Department will continue to engage with state, regional, and national users
      through meetings, webinars, and user acceptance testing to ensure the functionality and
      desired user experience are achieved.

4. Guidance.

   a. Data Transition. This UIPL supersedes the dates for UIR and BAM deployment dates
      announced in UIPL 15-24, Change 1. All states must transmit UIR and BAM data to
      UIRS in accordance with the established deadlines in the associated program handbooks
      beginning January 20, 2026, and February 9, 2026, respectively.

      UIRS accepts all file formats that states are currently utilizing to transmit data to
      UIDBMS (e.g., .txt, .csv) that align with ETA Handbook No. 395. Files must not contain
      any invalid characters or spaces. Instructions on “Creating a Login.Gov Account” and
      rules of behavior for “State User Access” to UIRS are available online in WorkforceGPS
      (https://ui.workforcegps.org/resources/2024/06/10/19/45/Unemployment_Insurance_Rep
      orting_System). WorkforceGPS access requires individuals to have a UI Community of
      Practice account. To access the UIRS, users must also establish a Login.gov account.

      The Department completed development and testing of the UIR and BAM applications in
      UIRS and migrated the state submitted data into the new platform as of the publication of
      this guidance. The development process included discovery and production planning
      sessions with stakeholder collaboration as well as multiple rounds of user acceptance
      testing, including participation from over 20 states for both applications. Once the UIR
      and BAM applications transition to submitting data using the production version of

       UIRS, the legacy state UIDBMS servers and state-side UIR and BAM applications will
       be scheduled for decommissioning.

   b. UIRS Support. A webinar for SWA staff was hosted by OUI and OCIO on January 15,
       2026. A recording of the webinar as well as training materials and user guides regarding
       the UIR and BAM applications, are available in the UI Community of Practice in
       WorkforceGPS:
       https://ui.workforcegps.org/resources/2024/06/10/19/45/Unemployment_Insurance_Repo
       rting_System.

5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.

6. References.

   •   Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 15-24, Change 1, Permanent
       Transition of Unemployment Insurance Required Reports (UIR) and Benefit Accuracy
       Measurement (BAM) Applications from the Unemployment Insurance Database
       Management System (UIDBMS) to the Unemployment Insurance Reporting System
       (UIRS), issued August 19, 2025, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-15-24-
       change-1;
   •   UIPL No. 15-24, Permanent Transition of Data Validation (DV) and Tax Performance
       System (TPS) Applications from the Unemployment Insurance Database Management
       System (UIDBMS) to the Unemployment Insurance Reporting System (UIRS), issued July
       17, 2024, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-15-24;
   •   UIPL No. 03-21, Replacement of Information Technology Hardware supporting the State
       Unemployment Insurance Data Base Management System (UIDBMS), issued October 29,
       2020, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/unemployment-insurance-program-
       letter-no-03-21;
   •   UIPL No. 11-18, Change 2, Extension of the Employment and Training Administration
       (ETA) 9177 Report (Pre-Implementation Planning Checklist Report Version 1) for State
       Unemployment Insurance (UI) Information Technology (IT) Modernization Projects,
       issued February 2, 2024, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/uipl-11-18-change-
       2;
   •   Privacy Impact Assessment, Unemployment Insurance Reporting System, November
       2025, https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/general/privacy/ETA-UIRS-PIA.pdf;
   •   Training and Employment Notice No. 26-23, Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reporting
       System, issued April 19, 2024, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/ten-26-23;
   •   ET Handbook No. 395, Benefit Accuracy Measurement Program State Operations
       Handbook, 5th Edition, issued November 2009;
       https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/handbooks/et-handbook-no-395-5th-edition;
   •   ET Handbook No. 401, Unemployment Insurance Reports Handbook, 5th Edition, issued
       August 2017, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/handbooks/et-handbook-no-
       401-5th-edition; and
   •   ET Handbook No. 336, Unemployment Insurance State Quality Service Plan Planning
       and Reporting Guidelines, 18th Edition, issued March 2019,
       https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/advisories/handbooks/et-handbook-no-336.

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