To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with guidance with regard to the WOTC program and WtW Tax Credit.

To transmit a checklist of current GALs.

To announce the FY 1999 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars to prepare State Employment Security Agency (SESA) staff to administer the nonmonetary determination evaluation system.

To provide clarifications to Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 38-98, in which State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) were advised of the Department's policy concerning independent verification and validation (IV&V) of year 2000 compliance of SESAs' unemployment insurance (UI) automated benefit and tax systems.

To provide State Emplyment Security Agencies with guidance in the event that the Trade Act's sunset date is not amended before October 1,1998.

To provide State Emplyment Security Agencies with guidance in the event that the Trade Act's sunset date is not amended before October 1,1998.

To provide worksheets, baseline levels, and other critical technical information for States to set local post-program performance standards required under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) when States are conducting follow-up using Unemployment Ins

To inform State Public Employment Service Agencies thatthe Office of the Management and Budget (OMB) has extended the approval to use the forms for Agricultural Recruitment System of Services to Migratory Workers and Employers.

To inform States that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the extension of the ETA218,Benefit Rights and Experience Report.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the publication of proposed regulations by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that would impact the States' administration of Federal unemployment compensation (UC) programs and of the opportunity to provide comments. The proposed rule requires procedures that may be a significant departure from the general methods of filing for intrastate and interstate Federal and State UC depending upon the State's current filing practices.

To provide States with information regarding the enactment of a technical amendment changing the eligibility requirements for noncustodial parents under the 70 percent targeted portion of Welfare-to-Work (WtW) programs.

To transmit revised performance standards model adjustment worksheets for Program Years (PY) 1998 and 1999 pertaining to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Titles II-A, II-C, III, and Section 204(d).

To inform States of the 1998 Standard Occupational Classification Revision notice in the Federal Register. The Office of Management and Budget is seeking comments on a proposed revision to the 1980 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the Department of Labor's (DOL) policy concerning Y2K Business Continuity and Contingency Plans; to provide guidance for developing business continuity and contingency plans; and to require the submission of plans for unemployment insurance (UI) critical business functions.

To transmit estimated employer contribution rates for 1998.

To transmit the revised Form ETA 9023 and Instructions.

To inform States of OMB approval of the extension of the Dislocated Worker Special Project Report, ETA 9038.

To notify the States of the availability of a new publication -- Job Training Partnership Act 1996 Program Statistics (SPIR Data Book for Program Year 1996).

To provide adjusted 1998 Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) tables for use in determining needs-related payments.

To provide copies of ETA Form 9042, Petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance, and the Spanish version, ETA Form 9042-1, Solicitud de Asistencia Para Ajuste Ocupacional Bajo NAFTA.