To announce plans for development of a national system to facilitate transactions whereby an SCSEP grantee is able to provide technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to another grantee or set of grantees.

As previously announced in Training and Employment Information Notice (TEIN) No. 5-97, this transmits a copy of the PY 1995 SPIR CD-ROM (SPIR--Standardized Program Information Reporting for the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title IIA, IIC, III, and

To inform grantees that annual physical Inventories to be reconciled to the CPMS and subsequent grantee certifications are no longer required for property which has a fair market value of less than $5,000.00 and, furthermore, to allow grantees to dispose

To inform Grantees of the new DINAP team assignments for PY 1997.

To announce plans for training seminars for SESA nonmonetary determination staff.

To share with SCSEP sponsors an index of Older Worker Bulletins that continue to be effective.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the Department's position on the use of telephone and other electronic methods of claimstaking.

To announce a National H-2B Forestry Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana August 26-28, 1997. State and Federal staff involved in administering the H-2B forestry worker program and related activities should plan to attend.

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 fourth quarter of FY 1997.

To transmit a copy of the PY 1995 SPIR Data Book (SPIR-- Standardized Program Information Reporting (SPIR) for the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Titles II-A, II-C, III, and Section 204(d)); to announce transmittal of PY 1995 SPIR State Data Books; a

To transmit the recent Federal Register announcement of the proposed revision to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.

To provide guidance to the employment and training community regarding the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA's) role in implementing the provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 and to

To announce the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant awards for seven organizations to conduct demonstration programs to address the specific needs of older dislocated workers.

To inform Grantees of a revision in the reallocation policy outlined in DINAP Bulletin 96-15 dated March 21, 1997.

To advise States of an amendment to the definition of legal process made to Federal law by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

To announce the availability of additional Older Americans Act (OAA) funds that may be used to conduct projects under Section 502(e) of the OAA.

To announce the publication and distribution of a new report -- Employment and Training for America's Homeless: Best Practices Guide. The report was prepared for ETA by James Bell Associates.

To transmit the updated Directory of Native American JTPA Grantees, the Federal Representative Team Assignment Sheet, Online Partners Directory and a Change of Address form.

The purpose of this notice is to launch a national dialogue regarding the development of a vision for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program within the workforce development (or one- stop) system.

To inform Grantees of the change of name for the Office of Special Targeted (OSTP) programs.