To provide grantees with the opportunity to express their opinions and concerns related to funding technical assistance and training (TAT) efforts for Program Year (PY) 1997 from Title IV-A program funds.

To transmit checklists which show status of TEINs and TEGLs as of July 1, 1996.

To transmit administrative and quarterly reporting forms for Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program, and to provide related guidance.

To outline the status of BAM program changes and announce the date and procedures to be followed in implementing the changes to the program recently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

To correct typographical error in UIPL 30-95, Change 2. Column heading 95% of ESAA was incorrectly labeled EUCA in both tables. The data remain unaffected. This transmission provides tables for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 showing Federal Unemployment Tax Act

To provide language from the fiscal year 1997 appropriation process which grants limited statutory and regulatory waiver authority for provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act.

To transmit a revised directory of individuals to contact for information on unemployment compensation (UC) tax matters. Tax Performance System (TPS) reviewers (formerly Revenue Quality Control - RQC), are also listed.

a.announce the publication of a final GAO Report entitled UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: Millions in Unemployment Insurance Overpaid to Reservists (Report No. GAO/HEHS-96-101); and

b.recommend that State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) review and revise, as necessary, their UI program procedures and claims forms to clearly delineate he claimant's responsibility to report Reserve income if the applicable State law so requires.

To announce further progress as America's Job Bank (AJB) products and services assist State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) in their national leadership delivering labor exchange services to employers and job seekers.

To announce the extension of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the Employment Service Complaint/Referral Form.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with video tapes illustrating: (1) job duties and work skills of select agricultural and livestock occupations, and (2) the agricultural prevailing survey fact finding process and employer/worker interviews.

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.