To provide guidance for the preparation and submission of the PY 2000 Wagner-Peyser Act Agriculture Services Submission in conjunction with the Strategic Five-Year State Plan under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).

To facilitate the provision of employer services to U.S. Armed Forces recruiting offices and to identify military job opportunities to job seekers.

To transmit the revised Federal Schedule of Remuneration (UCX) based on the January 1, 2000, military pay increase.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with information on new special salary rates for some Federal civilian employees to assist SESA personnel in completing UCFE Form ES-935, Claimant Statement of Federal Civilian Service.

To provide guidance to States and local areas on how to transition their summer programs to align with WIA requirements by making summer youth employment opportunities part of a comprehensive strategy for youth development. This document also consolidates guidance transmitted through earlier Transition Questions and Answers.

To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2000.

To announce the publication of Tests and Other Assessments: Helping You Make Better Career Decisions, the second in a series of Testing and Assessment Guides, initiated based on requests from workforce investment programs.

To inform States of a planned study of employers use and assessment of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Tax Credit.

To announce the reauthorization of the Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credits under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-170) § 505.

To inform SESAs of the Y2K readiness of the LCCC and the LMIBS Interstate Connection (ICON) applications and Orlando Data Center infrastructure.

To announce the FY 2000 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars to prepare State Employment Security Agency (SESA) staff to administer the nonmonetary determination evaluation system.

To summarize the Denied Claim Accuracy Pilot Project and its findings, indicate how to obtain copies of the Evaluation Report on the project prepared by PRAMM Consulting Group, Inc., and outline plans to implement a nationwide denials accuracy measurement program.

To give State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) instructions for reporting Unemployment Insurance (UI) data if the SESA or National Office SUN Computer system is unavailable due to year 2000 compliancy issues or if SESA internal computer systems fail.

To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2000.

To advise the States of a comprehensive assessment of SEA programs by the Unemployment Insurance Service (UIS).

To transmit the CY 1998 Supplement to ET Handbook 394, Unemployment Insurance Financial Data.

Purpose. To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) how to report overpayment detection and recovery activities resulting from the "New Hire" systems.

To transmit two tools for workforce development practitioners in One-Stop Centers to be used in professional development and skills enhancement to further the implementation of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

To provide tables for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994 through FY 1998 showing estimated FUTA payments attributable to employment in each State and the amounts returned to the States for program administration and benefit payments. Totals for FY 1981 through FY 1998 are also included.