To provide State Workforce Agencies with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2006 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2006 BAM data.

To announce the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) approval of extension of form ETA-227, Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities.

To transmit a reissuance of the minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2007. This issuance includes the AWBA for the State of Mississippi.

To announce the opening of the application process for Recognition of Excellence 2007.

To update guidance to reflect the processing of H-2A applications through ETA’s National Processing Centers and outline special procedures as part of the labor certification process for multi-state custom combine owners/operators, including Canadian, who desire to employ temporary foreign workers as members of their respective custom combine crews in the United States.

To outline special procedures, determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, as part of the H-2A labor certification process for employers who desire to employ temporary foreign workers in the United States in occupations involving an itinerary for the shearing of sheep, goats, alpacas, or other animals requiring shearing.

To announce to the public workforce investment system that the week of February 24-March 3, 2007, is being designated as EntrepreneurshipWeek USA and, as part of the weeklong event, ETA will host an entrepreneurship Webinar on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.

To establish special procedures as part of the H-2A labor certification process for employers who desire to employ temporary foreign workers in the United States for occupations involved in the open range production of livestock.

To update guidance to reflect the processing of H-2A applications through ETA’s National Processing Centers and provide clarification regarding the information employers must report to State Workforce Agencies regarding worker abandonment, rejection or termination.

To issue the revised federal poverty guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program.

To announce the initial release and availability of the report: Significant Measures of State Unemployment Insurance Tax Systems (available for CY 2006 and CY 2005).

To provide instructions to states for modifying their State Strategic Plans for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act (“the State Plan”) for years three and four of the current five-year planning cycle to ensure that states have approved plans in place to receive formula allotments; and to provide instructions to states for extending existing waivers and requesting new waivers. The deadline for these submissions is April 1, 2007.

To announce a planned BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminar.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the locality-based salary rates for certain Federal civilian employees.

To explain the measure used to indicate performance in meeting the GPRA goal of facilitating the reemployment of UI beneficiaries and to give the baseline value and the FY 2007 target for this performance indicator.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are aware of the revised of Remuneration for the UCX program, which was issued December 18, 2006, based on the January 1, 2007, military pay increase.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies are aware of the Federal military retired pay annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) and to provide the Department of Defense Web site where the COLA information is located.

To ensure that State Workforce Agencies are aware of the increases in social security survivors and old age retirement annuities and Federal civilian pensions due to the annual cost of living adjustment (COLA).

To transmit minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2007.

To provide Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) grantees with information about the statutory exemption of SCSEP wages for purposes of determining income eligibility for Federal housing programs and Food Stamps.