To inform the employment and training system's "stakeholders" of the availability of materials, training and technical assistance to help improve the quality of their program services and to increase their customers' satisfaction.

To announce the publication and distribution of a new publication -- Experiences and Lessons of the School-to-Work/Youth Apprenticeship Demonstration and to request assistance in distributing pages 1 and 2 of the Executive Summary, which were inadvertentl

To announce the distribution of the final report of a study conducted to determine the impact of the employee leasing industry on State unemployment insurance (UI) programs. The study was conducted by KRA Corporation under contract to the United States D

To transmit a checklist of current GALs.

To provide information on the joint Second Triennial Unemployment Insurance Service (UIS) National Meeting for Unemployment Insurance (UI) Appeals Management and Administrative Staff and the Annual Conference of the National Association of Unemployment In

To provide correction for the Attachment, Employment Service (Wagner-Peyser) Final PY 1997 Allotments to States, transmitted by Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 8-96.

To advise the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) and Regional Offices (ROs) of Year 2000 compliancy regarding mainframe computer software and software specifications provided by the UI NO and software provided for the ICON system by Lockheed Martin Integrated Business Solutions (LMIBS).

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 FY 1997.

Purpose: To announce final planning allotments for PY 1997 basic labor exchange activities, required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended.

To provide notice of the omission of Harligen, Texas, from the list of Significant Local Offices and Bilingual Offices, PY 1997, and to issue an updated listing of these offices.

To provide a copy of the final report of the Study on Certification/Chartering Criteria For One-Stop Career Centers.

To provide information about the projects of the One-Stop Disability Initiative to improve services to persons with disabilities.

To announce that the month of May is Older Americans Month and to encourage SCSEP sponsors to take advantage of this opportunity to continue actively promoting activities initiated during National Older Workers Employment Week. The month of May can provi

To clarify implementation procedures for the Liable/Agent Data Transfer (LADT) record format for the Interstate Statistical Data Exchange and advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the date that the format must be operational.

To notify the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of plans to distribute the model code for the automated Statement of Benefits Paid to Combined Wage Claimants (Form IB-6).

To inform State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of a new work authorization card being issued to aliens by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

To provide SESAs with guidelines for the annual release of UI BAM program data for CY 1996.

To transmit a Guide developed to assist in the administration of JTPA performance standards for Program Years (PYs) 1996 and 1997. This Guide supersedes the "Guide to JTPA Performance Standards for Program Years 1994 and 1995", which is now obsolete.

To provide copies of an Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) notice which will implement a demonstration program for Older Workers.

To announce the publication and distribution of the "Casebook of Private Sector Summer Youth Employment Programs" and the "Summer Employment Resource Guide: Involving the Private Sector."