To modify previously provided procedural guidance for increasing efficiency in the permanent labor certification process under current regulations in order to handle increasing workloads with declining staff resources.

To transmit instructions on how to access and make electronic updates to the Internal Security (IS) Supervisors Directory.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) that BTQ data are now accessible through the Internet at the Information Technology Support Center (ITSC) website.

To transmit a Guide developed to assist in the administration of JTPA performance standards for Program Years (PYs) 1998 and 1999. This Guide supersedes the "Guide to JTPA Performance Standards for Program Years 1996 and 1997".

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with a new directory of Federal Program Coordinators for Federal unemployment compensation (UC) programs.

To provide a separate Federal identification code for the Bureau of the Census and solicit State cooperation in handling the large influx of claimants expected as a result of the decennial census.

To make State staff aware of the availability of new Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (OES) data and to provide information on how it is to be used in light of the changes to prevailing wage determination practices as promulgated by the recently

To provide additional policy and guidelines for making services available to secondarily-affected workers under the provision of the Statement of Administrative Action (SAA) which accompanied the NAFTA Implementation Act.

To provide information about NAUIAB's Annual Conference. The conference will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona from June 13 through June 17, 1999.

To provide the States information on the second round of availability of Title III Demonstration Funds for Incumbent Worker System Building at the State level for Program Year 1998.

To announce ¿Train the Trainer¿ seminars for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) personnel who are responsible for training SESA staff in the areas of basic fact-finding, interviewing techniques, weighing of evidence, adjudication and decision writing

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 third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1999.

To announce an additional training seminar and provide information on remaining FY 1999 training seminars, including hotel and other logistics information, for training participants.

To inform the State unemployment compensation (UC) agencies that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that it is up to each individual State food stamp agency to determine whether food stamp overissuances must be intercepted from UC.

To remind State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) that the implementation requirement for the use of the electronic Quarterly Statement of Benefits Paid to Combined Wage Claimants (TC-IB6) via ICON was established as transactions for the quarter ending

To announce final planning allotments for PY 1999 basic labor exchange activities, required by Section 6(b)(5) of the W-P Act, as amended.

To provide SESAs with guidelines for the annual release of UI BAM program data for CY 1998.

This Change transmits clarifications on JTPA Title III performance standards and reporting for setting performance standards for Title III Governor's Reserve programs, and required follow-up of Title III participants. A revised Attachment 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 12-97 is attached.

To notify States that there are no additional Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Welfare-to-Work (WtW) funds for FY 99 formula reallocation.

To provide States with program guidance for the Calendar Year (CY) 1999 Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYETP); and to provide advice to States and service delivery areas (SDAs) on how to transition their summer programs to align with Workfo