To transmit to State employment security agencies (SESAs) a revised directory of State individuals to contact for information on UC tax matters. TPS reviewers are also listed.

To distribute the U.S. Census 2000 Fact Sheets provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

To distribute the joint issuance signed by the Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration; the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; and the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration.

To provide guidance to local workforce investment areas on how to apply for funds to support technical assistance projects for those Local Workforce Investment Boards (Local Boards) that are on the cutting edge of implementing the new youth system envisioned under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and are interested in showcasing their system and programs.

To advise SESAs of performance reported for nonmonetary determinations activities under Benefits Timeliness and Quality (BTQ).

To encourage participation in JETTCON2000 (Joint Employment and Training Technology Conference).

To inform State Employment Security Agencies of the reauthorization of the Trade Act of 1974.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESA) with guidelines for the release of UI BAM program data for CY 1999.

To notify State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of revisions to the UTFAS and of accompanying training.

To provide technical guidance for States to implement the core and customer satisfaction performance measures and calculate performance levels required under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

To inform States of ETA's implementation guidelines for the Negotiation and Goal Setting Process as well as for the Incentive and Sanction Process.

To clarify to States that Welfare-to-Work (WtW) funds used to provide service for Out of School Youth (OSY) must remain consistent with overall program goals.

To inform State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) that correspondence symbols are no longer used for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and to provide SESAs with a crosswalk from the old symbols to the new office and division titles.

To announce Fiscal Year 2000 (FY 00) training seminars for SESA/BAM Investigators.

To provide guidelines for implementation of the Work-Flex waiver authority authorized by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998.

To provide information on the FY 2000 training seminar in Washington, D.C. including hotel and other logistics information for training participants.

To advise States of the elimination of the Claimant/Employer Separation Statement, Form IB-3, and to provide agent State instructions for providing weeks claimed information to liable States on backdated initial claims.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with advance information concerning the purchase of new Sun Enterprise Ultra SPARC 10 computer systems.

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA title I Adults and Dislocated Workers and Youth Activities allotments for PY 2000; and preliminary planning estimates for PY 2000 public employment service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended.

To amend the consolidated list of "acceptable" narrative reasons for separation transmitted in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 3-95 and UIPL No. 3-95, Changes 1 and 2 to include separations from the Army under the Army National Guard Combat Reform Initiative (ANGCRI) program.