To alert State Public Employment Service Agencies that the Office of the Management and Budget (OMB) has extended the approval to use subject forms.

To amend operating instructions issued in GAL 7-94 that address applicant processing procedures for workers certified as eligible to apply for benefits under both subchapters A (the regular TAA program), and D (the North American Free Trade Agreement-Tran

To inform grantees of the subject data which will be published in the Federal Register.

To inform SS402 grantees of the current Federal Representative responsibilities and assignments, and 2) to remind grantees to submit a grant modification to provide the final PY'95 carryover dollars and participant levels.

To announce the publication and distribution of two Peer-to-Peer Manuals: U.S. DOL Region IV Peer-to-Peer System Learning and Teaching: How to Get Started on building State and Regional Peer-to-Peer Technical Assistance Systems

To provide procedural guidance to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) and Regional Offices for increasing efficiency in the permanent labor certification process under current regulations in order to handle increasing workload with declining staff

To provide guidance to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) and Regional Offices for changes in the prevailing wage process during Fiscal Year 1997, the initial period of data collection for the expanded Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program to be used for prevailing wage purposes.

To transmit Tax Rates by Industry tables for 1994

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of decisions with regard to issues and concerns associated with remote claimstaking as they impact the reporting and use of claims data and the Interstate Statistical Data Exchange.

To advise the States of amendments made to Federal law by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 which affect the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) program.