To provide states with WIA Title I Adult and Youth Activities Programs final allotments for PY 2006 and related additional PY 2006 WIA Section 173(e) funds for eligible states.

To inform State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the extension of approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the use of the MA 8-7, Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce commencement of a SUTA study to examine state implementation of section 303(k) of the Social Security Act (SSA) in selected states. ETA has contracted with Coffey Communications, LLC (Coffey) of Bethesda, Maryland to conduct the study. The study will examine the status and effectiveness of state actions to meet the requirements of the law and operating guidance, and discuss whether the Secretary of Labor should recommend additional Congressional action to improve the effectiveness of section 303(k) of the SSA.

To announce the State of New York and the Office of Workforce Security will host a Professional Development Conference for State managers, supervisors, and other key State and Federal staff responsible for nonmonetary determination quality.

To announce the release and availability of Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2006.

To initiate the FY 2002 SQSP process and to issue supplemental instructions for the State Employment Security Agencies (States) to use to prepare the FY 2002 SQSP.

To remind the workforce investment system of the WIA performance reporting deadlines and timeline for submitting data validation results for the following programs: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, the Wagner-Peyser Act, activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code (Local Veterans Employment Representative and Disabled Veteran Outreach Service programs), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and National Farmworker Jobs (NFJP).

To notify States of the publication in the Federal Register of the Draft ET Handbook No. 406 (ETA 9002 Data Preparation Handbook) and VETS 200 Report and Specifications. These documents are being published in the Federal Register for a 60-day comment period.

To inform states and other Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-fund recipients and sub-recipients of a new limitation on salary and bonus payments that can be made with funds appropriated to ETA and provide guidance on implementing this new provision.

To advise states of the provisions of Public Law (P.L.) 107-16 relating to the UC program.