This notice announces and solicits nominees for a UI Benefit Cost Estimating Seminar to be held May 23-27, 2005, in Tempe, Arizona.

To distribute a report of State Workforce Agencies`(SWAs`) Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax program performance for the quarter ending March 31, 2004, as derived from Form ETA 581, Contribution Operations.

To transmit the Experience Rating Index (ERI) for states for rate year 2003.

To provide State Workforce Agencies with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2004 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2004 BAM program data.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2005.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2005 annual grant allocations for the Alien Labor Certification (ALC) program.

To announce the Release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2005-02: "The Effects of Customer Choice: First Findings from the Individual Training Account Experiment"

To share best practices and insight from the field about implementing and establishing the Individual Training Account/Eligible Training Provider(ITA/ETP) system through the ITA/ETA Demonstration project report, ETA Occasional Paper 2005-03: "Evaluation of the Individual Training Account/Eligible Training Provider Demonstration: Final Report, recently released on the Internet

To request Workforce Investment Act (WIA) section 166 grantees to submit nominations for consideration by the Secretary of Labor for appoinment to fill expiring terms of membership on the Native American Employment and Training Council (Council).

To encourage the workforce investment system to make entrepreneurial training opportunities available for people interested in self-employment under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

To inform State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of changes made to the unemployment insurance (UI) performance management system "UI Performs" as a result of a five-year review; to convey a summary of the comments received in response to the Federal Register Notice (FRN) containing Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 21-04 "Proposed Changes to UI Performs"; and to provide effective dates for implementing changes.

To inform the workforce investment system of a national Mystery Shopping project.

To announce that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the extension of data collection for the Benefit Appeals Report, ETA 5130.

To ensure state workforce agencies (SWAs) are aware of locality-based salary rates for some Federal civilian employees that SWA personnel may use in completing Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees Form ES-935, Claimant Statement of Federal Civilian Service.

To ensure that state workforce agencies are aware of the increases in social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and Federal civilian pensions due to annual cost of living adjustments (COLAs).

To announce the rate of interest the U.S. Treasury Department will charge on Title XII advances (loans) during CY 2005.

Protocol for Serving Older Workers

To provide information and program guidance to state workforce agencies (SWAs) regarding the Ticket to Work Program and its relationship to the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Program.

To clarify guidance for the development and management of the PY 2004 Workforce Information Core Products and Services Grant Plan.