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.

To transmit copies of relevant excerpts from the subject appropriation law documents and to provide notice and guidance on their applicability.

To correct data incorrectly reported in UIPL 30-95 Change 3. Estimated FUTA revenues were incorrectly reported for some States. This transmission provides tables for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 showing Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) receipts by State and

To provide policy on the sampling procedures to be followed by the States for the Benefits Quality measures.

To distribute the Program Year 1995/Fiscal Year 1996 Employment and Training Administration's Customer Satisfaction Report prepared for the Vice President's National Performance Review (NPR).

To announce the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Program Year (PY) 1996 funding strategy for the One-Stop Career Center System.

To advise States and other TAG recipients of the changes made to the Eligibility Documentation Guide.

To transmit the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), section 401 grantee designation procedures and forms for Program Years (PY) 1997-1998.

To announce the production and distribution of the Case Management Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) in multimedia, Compact Disc (CD-ROM) format. This training module is designed for use by employment and training practitioners, especially front-line staf

To inform the employment and training system of the opportunity for state and local jurisdictions to pilot the cost allocation technical assistance guide (TAG) entitled "Sharing Resources to Provide Integrated Services: A Guide to Activity-Based Cost Allo

To transmit a list of military addresses for SESAs' use in sending notices of claim filing, and subsequent notices of monetary and nonmonetary determinations to the appropriate branch of the military.

To remind grantees to submit their PY 1995 Annual Status Reports for the JTPA Title IV-A program by the September 30 due date, and to provide information on how to obtain the new ASR Edit Check Disk.

To transmit additional guidance to Attachment G, "JTPA Performance Standards", of Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 4-95, dated February 21, 1996. This Guidance Letter Change provides performance standards worksheets, economic data and instruc

To transmit a list of military addresses for SESAs' use in sending notices of claim filing, and subsequent notices of monetary and nonmonetary determinations to the appropriate branch of the military.

To provide information requested by States and Regions regarding the implementation of Benefits Time Lapse and Quality Measures (BTQ).