a. To provide additional guidance to the workforce investment system regarding the modification of NEG BRAC 2005 strategic planning grants.

b. To provide guidance to the workforce investment system regarding new applications for NEG-funded assistance for individuals, military installations and communities affected by BRAC 2005 once the Department of Defense (DoD) timelines are available and well-articulated reemployment strategies are in place.

To invite statements of interest and describe the goals of the second round of a national peer-to-peer technical assistance and training project, the National Business Learning Partnership.

To initiate the FY 2007 SQSP process and to issue supplemental instructions for the preparation of the FY 2007 SQSP.

a. To provide preliminary FY 2007 dollar and staff year base resource planning targets for UI operations to be used in planning and developing State Quality Service Plans; b. To provide general guidelines for FY 2007 resource planning; and c. To explain how base resources were allocated among states.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2006.

To provide guidance on the rescission of Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 formula funds for the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs for Program Year (PY) 2005 as required by the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006, Public Law (P.L.) 109-148, December 30,2005.

To provide instructions for the preparation and submission of the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) grant plans under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 167 for PY 2006.

To provide instructions and procedures for the preparation and submission of the Section 167 Housing Assistance annual grant plans for PY 2006.

To announce the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the extension of the TPS Handbook ET 407.

To provide information about the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH); to provide the results of a pilot study of the effectiveness of using NDNH data in preventing and detecting overpayments due to unreported earnings by UI beneficiaries who have returned to work and continue to receive benefits; and to encourage state workforce agencies to take full advantage of the NDNH as a tool for UI program integrity.