[Federal Register: October 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 195)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

 
Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Period 
for Alaska

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility 
under the EB Program for Alaska.
    The following change has occurred since the publication of the last 
notice regarding the State's EB status:
     Based on data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
on September 19, 2008, Alaska triggered ``off'' EB. Alaska's 3-month 
total unemployment rate for June, July and August fell to 109% of the 
prior year and 106% of the second prior year for the same period. This 
causes Alaska to be triggered ``off'' an EB period. After the week 
ending October 11, 2008, workers who exhaust their regular UI benefits 
will no longer be eligible to collect up to an additional 13 weeks of 
UI benefits under this program.

Information for Claimants

    The duration of benefits payable in the EB Program, and the terms 
and conditions on which they are payable, are governed by the Federal-
State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, as amended, and 
the operating instructions issued to the states by the U.S. Department 
of Labor. In the case of a state ending an EB period, the State 
Workforce Agency will furnish a written notice to each individual who 
is currently filing a claim for EB of the forthcoming end of the EB 
period and its effect on the individual's rights to EB (20 CFR 
615.13(c)(4)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Gibbons, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce 
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg., Room S-
4231, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3008 (this is 
not a toll-free number) or by e-mail: gibbons.scott@dol.gov.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 29th day of September, 2008.
Brent R. Orrell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
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