To issue fringe benefits guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To inform states and grantees of the Employment and Training Administration`s (ETA) revised policy on common performance measures for Federal job training and employment programs, and rescind Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 15-03.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating PY 2005 and PY 2006 WIA title 1B performance and customer satisfaction goals. The negotiated performance goals for these two program years will be included in the WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act State Plans, which are due to ETA by May 31, 2005.

To delineate requirements for the PY 2005 State Senior Employment Services Coordination Plan (State Plan).

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce the 2005 Recognition of Excellence (ROE) on behalf of the nation's workforce investment system.

To announce Workforce Innovations 2005: A Declaration of Innovation to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 11 - 13, 2005

To transmit the Participant Eligibility Guidance for participation in the National Farmworker Jobs Program(NFJP) and the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker(MSFW) Youth Program under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

provide expanded Department of Homeland Security FICs and revise FIC 401.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with additional information on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Information Technology (IT) security guidelines and a new version of the software tool to conduct a security self-assessment of unemployment insurance (UI) computer systems.

To provide guidance to state workforce agencies (SWAs) responsible for management of the WOTC and WtWTC from October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2005, and to provide state allotments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005.