To provide planning guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) responsible for management of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit allotments announced in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 23-02, and to transmit ETA Handbook No. 408 Third Edition, November 2002 (Handbook).

To initiate the FY 2004 SQSP process and to issue supplemental instructions for the State Workforce Agencies to use to prepare the FY 2004 SQSP.

To provide guidance for the preparation and submission of the Agricultural Services Submissions for Program Year (PY) 2003.

To inform the workforce system that effective July 11, 2003, the Department of Labor is terminating e-mail delivery to DOLETA.GOV.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with instructions for implementing and operating the second extension of the TEUC program.

To transmit to state workforce agencies (SWAs) a revised directory of state and Department of Labor (DOL) staff involved with UI tax and/or TPS matters. This directory is intended for internal use only.

To announce the issuance of the U.S. Department of Labor¿s Revised Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding the Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons.

To inform the workforce investment system of the data validation initiative for employment and training programs.

To transmit the Experience Rating Index (ERI) for states for rate years 1998-2002.

This guidance letter updates the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants.

To respond to questions concerning implementation of the TEUC extension for displaced airline and related workers.

To solicit the participation of four state UI agencies to test a measure of the reemployment rate of UI claimants.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) instructions for implementing the changes to the TEUC program related to displaced airline and related workers.

To announce the release and availability of the Spanish translation of the O*NET 4.0 Database. The content of this O*NET database, in Spanish, is congruent with the English version of the O*NET 4.0 database. It may be used by states, public and private organizations to develop Spanish language products and applications incorporating O*NET information.

To announce the Workforce Innovations 2003: Fueling America¿s Economic Engine conference to be held in Washington, D.C., from July 8 ¿ 10, at the Marriott Wardman-Park Hotel.

To provide guidance on ETA plans to deobligate Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs formula funds for Program Year (PY) 2002 as required of Public Law 108-7, Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003.

To provide state workforce agencies (SWAs) with information about their responsibilities related to advance payments of health insurance premiums available to eligible TAA/TRA recipients as part of the HCTC program.

To announce the release of the new 4.0 version of O*NET® OnLine (http://online.onetcenter.org). As an Internet application, O*NET OnLine allows users to view the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database. The new version of O*NET OnLine is easier to navigate, has enhanced search capabilities, and provides quicker access to information. To assist users in navigating this new version of the tool, attached is a desk aid entitled, Using the New and Improved O*NET® OnLine.

To provide adjusted funding levels for Program Year (PY) 2002 allotments for the dislocated worker program under WIA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To provide states and outlying areas with FY 2003 Congressional Rescissions for WIA Adults and Dislocated Workers; WIA Title I Adults and Dislocated Workers and Youth Activities allotments for PY 2003; final allotments for PY 2003 public employment service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; Reemployment Services allotments for PY 2003; Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Tax Credit allotments for FY 2003.