To transmit new correspondence symbols for the Unemployment Insurance Service.

To provide an interpretation of Section 3309(b)(5) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) which permits an exception to coverage requirements of Section 3304(a)(6)(A), FUTA, for services performed as part of an unemployment work-relief or work-training program.

To transmit copies of the Program Year 1994 Standardized Program Information Reporting (SPIR) National and State Data Books.

To encourage those State Employment Security Agencies which are collectors of new-hire information to participate in a matching program with the OCSE's FPLS.

To provide guidance on intertitle transfers and respond to questions raised on intertitle fund transfer authority.

To transmit the Department's Publication DLMS-7, dated May 1996, entitled "Temporary Duty Guide for Department of Labor Employees". This publication lists the prescribed maximum per diem rates for the Continental U.S. (CONUS).

To transmit to States additional information regarding AT&T layoffs nationwide.

To provide the 104 grantees that are not active online partners with information on how they can become electronic mail (e-mail) communicators.

To transmit a listing of "Active" DINAP bulletins that grantees need for current program operating purposes.

The purpose of this bulletin is to transmit the updated Directory of Native American Grantees, the Federal Representative Team's Assignment Sheet and a Change of Address form.

To inform grantees of financial management oversight procedures instituted by the Division of Indian and Native American Programs (DINAP), and to encourage grantees to establish and implement regular drawdown schedules when obtaining section 401 funds.

To provide grantees with updated information on the Payment Management System (PMS) subaccounts for PY 1996 funds.

To announce a pilot test of an approach for measuring the accuracy of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit denials, and to solicit volunteers for the pilot.

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 1996.

To transmit an information copy of the referenced Report to Congress.

To announce the results of the UI Quality Appraisals conducted for FY 1996.

Purpose: To transmit estimated employer contribution rates for 1995 and 1996. ..TX: Background: The attached tables contain preliminary estimates of unemployment insurance (UI) average employer contribution rates as reported by State agencies. The firs

To distribute the Federal Register notice of June 21 announcing the request for public comment on the Department of Labor's proposed information collection extending UI Trust Fund Summary reports. ..TX: Background: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 req

To transmit the Experience Rating Index (ERI) for States for Rate Year 1995.

To provide JTPA Section 401 grantees with ETA's proposed Strategic Plan for the Program Years (PY) 1996 through 1998.