To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with specific information on the National Institute of Standards and Technologys (NIST) Information Technology (IT) security guidelines and a software tool to conduct a security self-assessment of Unemployment Insurance (UI) computer systems.

To announce the opportunity for state and local workforce investment systems to collaborate with a new four-year demonstration grant that provides funding of $2 million for the Steve Young Memorial Scholarship Program for spouses of fallen sworn law enforcement officers. The Steve Young Memorial Scholarship Program is administered by the National Fraternal Order of Police Foundation (hereafter referred to as the FOP), and provides up to $15,000 for job training and other services to spouses of fallen sworn law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty from January 2001 through December 2006. The funds made available under the Department of Labor (DOL) grant will complement scholarship funds that are currently available to eligible spouses through the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance (PSOEA) Program and the U.S. Department of Education, as well as state and local scholarship and grant programs specifically available to spouses of fallen sworn law enforcement officers.

To provide guidelines for negotiating state performance goals for the labor exchange component of the One-Stop service delivery system for Program Year 2004.

To announce the start of a major new evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.

To transmit the directory of Federal and military agencies that request detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data which support the Department of Labor quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

To announce the Workforce Innovations 2004: Fueling America`s Economic Engine conference to be held in San Antonio, Texas, July 19-21.

To announce the rate of interest the U.S. Treasury Department will charge on Title XII advances (loans) during CY 2004.

To announce an effort to collect photos and stories to illustrate the value of America`s publicly funded Workforce Investment System.

To provide an opportunity for comment on proposed changes to the unemployment insurance (UI) performance management system "UI Performs".

To provide new policy guidance governing the use of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) National Emergency Grant (NEG) funds at Section 173(f) and (g) to make "gap-filler" payments of qualified health insurance premiums for individuals eligible for the HCTC.