To Provide a revised TEGL rescinding TEGL 20-30, dated March 25, 2004 and reflecting corrections to errata in TEGL 20-03. The corrections relate to references to attachments, definitions of economically disadvantaged individuals for the Youth and Adult Program formulas, and clarification of the changes in transfer authority for PY 2004.

To provide guidance on the rescission of Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Adult and Dislocated Worker program formula funds for Program Year (PY) 2003 as required by Public Law 108-199, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004.

To announce the release and availability of the ETA Occasional Paper 2004-02:The Workforce Investment Act in Eight States: State Care Studies from a Field Network Evaluation (Volume One) and ETA Occasional Paper 2004-03: The Workforce Investment Act in Eight States: State Case Studies from a Field Network Evaluation (Volume Two)

To announce the release and availability of the ETA Occasional Paper 2004-4:What Can We Expect Under Personal Reemployment Accounts? Predictions and Procedures

To announce the extension of the Office of Management and Budget(OMB) approval of information collection for the Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report, Forms ETA 232 and ETA 232A, and the Narrative Plan for conducting the wage survey.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with specific information on the National Institute of Standards and Technologys (NIST) Information Technology (IT) security guidelines and a software tool to conduct a security self-assessment of Unemployment Insurance (UI) computer systems.

To announce the opportunity for state and local workforce investment systems to collaborate with a new four-year demonstration grant that provides funding of $2 million for the Steve Young Memorial Scholarship Program for spouses of fallen sworn law enforcement officers. The Steve Young Memorial Scholarship Program is administered by the National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation (hereafter referred to as the FOP), and provides up to $15,000 for job training and other services to spouses of fallen sworn law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty from January 2001 through December 2006. The funds made available under the Department of Labor (DOL) grant will complement scholarship funds that are currently available to eligible spouses through the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance (PSOEA) Program and the U.S. Department of Education, as well as state and local scholarship and grant programs specifically available to spouses of fallen sworn law enforcement officers.

To provide guidelines for negotiating state performance goals for the labor exchange component of the One-Stop service delivery system for Program Year 2004.

To announce the start of a major new evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.

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

To announce the Workforce Innovations 2004: Fueling America`s Economic Engine conference to be held in San Antonio, Texas, July 19-21.

To announce the rate of interest the U.S. Treasury Department will charge on Title XII advances (loans) during CY 2004.

To announce an effort to collect photos and stories to illustrate the value of America`s publicly funded Workforce Investment System.

To provide an opportunity for comment on proposed changes to the unemployment insurance (UI) performance management system "UI Performs".

To provide new policy guidance governing the use of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) National Emergency Grant (NEG) funds at Section 173(f) and (g) to make "gap-filler" payments of qualified health insurance premiums for individuals eligible for the HCTC.

To announce the extension of Recognition of Excellence application deadline and transmit Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

To update examples of employment situations requiring uniform interpretation of localization of work provisions in state laws and to revise and reissue the Interpretation of Localization of Work Provisions.

To provide guidance to states with Strategic Five-Year State Plans for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Wagner-Peyser Act that expire in calendar year 2004.

This guidance letter updates the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants.

To inform the workforce investment system of changes and edits to the ET 406 Handbook and to announce the availability of version 1.7 of the Labor Exchange Reporting System (LERS) report validation software.