To announce the availability of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) research conducted by the Administrative Data Research and Evaluation Project (ADARE)

To amend the operating instructions issued in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 2-03 and 2-03, Change1, to permit certain worker groups previously certified under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program to now request ATAA program certification.

To inform state workforce agencies (SWAs) that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the extension for collection of the ETA-9048, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Activity Report and the ETA 9049, Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Outcomes Report.

To provide guidance relating to the use of use of State Workforce Agency (SWA) buildings for One-Stop purposes, the effect of such use on pre-existing amortization arrangements, and other matters concerning use of real property by SWAs and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) One-Stop system

To advise state workforce agencies (SWAs) about: 1) access to the Wage Record Interchange System (WRIS) Distributive Data Base Index (DDBI) for unemployment insurance (UI) purposes; 2) distribution of a new Interstate Connection Network (ICON) application developed for this purpose called the State Identification (SID) Inquiry; and 3) changes to the quarterly Interstate Crossmatch/Claimant Locator (ICCL) that takes advantage of the WRIS DDBI.

To announce Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to collect data validation results and provide submission instructions to states concerning the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) data validation process, for the following programs: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, Wagner-Peyser Act/Employment Service (ES), and Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).

To provide additional guidance to states concerning the amendments to Federal law designed to prohibit "SUTA Dumping."

To announce details of two RJM training sessions for state staff

To announce the release and Availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2004-06: Business as Partner and Customer under WIA: A Study of Innovative Practices

To announce the release and Availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2004-05: The Workforce Investment Act After Five Years: Results from the National Evaluation of the Implementation of WIA

To announce the release and Availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2004-07: The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Initial Post-Intervention Impacts

To provide states with the formula methodology used in developing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 base allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and administration.

To announce the schedule for FY 2005 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars

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

(a) Transmit Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Remployment Services allotments for PY 2004 to State Workforce Agencies(SWAs); (b) Provide guidance and instructions for submittal of a Reemployment Services (RES) plan against that allotment; (c) outline RES plan requirements and submission instructions; (d) Announce an opportunity for up to nine states to voluntarily participate in a demonstration for early implementation of Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs).

To transmit to the public workforce investment system a technical assistance booklet,"Guide to a Win-Win Partnership for the Public Workforce Investment System and the Staffing Industry" ("Guide"), containing information about partnering with the staffing industry.

To inform the workforce investment system of additional changes to the ET406 Handbook not captured in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No.1-02,Change1.

To provide revisions and clarifications to policy guidance previously issued to states and national program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration`s data validation policy, for the following programs: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, Wagner-Peyser Act/Employment Service (ES), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP), Indian and Native American (INA) Program and Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To inform the state workforce investment system of the opportunity to apply for Secretary`s discretionary National Emergency Grant(NEG) funds, pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title I, Section 173, as amended, to provide employment-related assistance for members of the National Guard and Military Reserves who were required to interrupt or postpone employment-related assistance (including training funded by Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)) in order to fulfill requirements involving deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan or other locations.

To advise state workforce agencies (SWAs) of a new format for the Handbook for Interstate Overpayment Recovery and request submission of the states` updated sections concerning their overpayment recovery procedures and contact information.