To announce the Department of Labor's (DOL) plans to conduct an evaluation study of service delivery areas (SDAs) that have successfully integrated year-round and summer employment opportunities in transition from the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

Notice of availability of the UIS Annual Report, comprised of data reported through UI PERFORMS Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM), Benefits Timeliness and Quality (BTQ), and Tax Performance System (TPS) for CY 1998.

To announce the publication and distribution of The Lifelong Learning Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report on the Experimental Site.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies with guidance in the event that the TAA and NAFTA-TAA programs' sunset date is not amended before October 1, 1999.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) a guide for using RiskWatch software to conduct a UI Risk Analysis.

To remind States that Canada is a signatory to the Interstate Benefit Payment Plan via an executive agree-ment with the United States, and that all interstate program procedures and policies apply to claims filed from and against Canada under traditional and remote claimstaking procedures.

To transmit a revised Directory of Benefit Payment Control (BPC) Staff.

To transmit the directory of Federal and military agencies that have requested detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data which support the Department of Labor quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

To transmit estimated employer contribution rates for 1999.

To alert State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of Y2K preparedness concerns expressed by the Bureau of Public Debt (BPD) in the U.S. Treasury Department, the manager of the UTFAS.

To provide instructions and policy guidance on the closeout of the formula-funded PY 1998 and 1999 JTPA programs. All program years through 1997 will be closed in accordance with the requirements of 20 CFR 627.485.

To transmit information regarding the release of National and State PY 1997 SPIR (Standardized Program Information Reporting) Data Books.

To provide revised guidance to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) regarding the UCFE program coverage of individuals paid by Federal agencies on a contract or fee basis.

To disseminate the performance measures that will be used to assess program operations and plans for program improvement, establish the minimum performance criteria for Tier I measures and their effective dates, and discuss the relationship of the Tier I and Tier II measures to the State Quality Service Plan (SQSP) process.

To announce the completion and distribution of the video entitled "One-Stop: Access For Everyone."

To advise States of the opportunity to submit a Supplemental Budget Request (SBR) for funding of an ICON programmer staff position.

To announce the development of the USDOL/ETA Five-Year Research Plan; to request comments on the Research Plan; and to announce the National Workforce Development Research Symposium.

To issue instructions for the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) to use in the preparation of the FY 2000 SQSP.

To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1999.

To advise States of a planned study of Unemployment Insurance exhaustees that will involve the collection of data from 25 States.