To inform the workforce system that effective July 11, 2003, the Department of Labor is terminating e-mail delivery to DOLETA.GOV.

To announce Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the extension of the UI DV program.

To provide additional information about planned consultations for the development of Workforce Investment Act (WIA)/Wagner-Peyser Act State Planning Guidances for the Program Year (PY) 2010-2015 Five-Year Planning Cycle.

To transmit instructions for the electronic submission of the quarterly ETA 5148 Reporting Form, "Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers." States will now submit the information on ETA 5148 Reporting Form via the Web-based "Labor Exchange Agricultural Reporting System (LEARS)."

To announce the availability of a Guide and four "How-To" Manuals, entitled as a set Taking Care of Business, on creating and sustaining employer-based workforce development intermediaries and developing successful strategies that support transformation of the workforce system.

To remind the workforce investment system of the performance reporting requirements and associated timelines for submitting data validation results for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) title IB programs; the Wagner-Peyser Employment Service; activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38 United States Code (Local Veterans’ Employment Representative and Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program); the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program; and the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP).

To announce fiscal year 2003 (FY `03) training seminars for SWA BAM/DCA Investigators.

The U.S. Senate Designated the Week of September 8, 2008 as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week (S. Res. 613) to honor this important group of workers. This resolution is an opportunity to learn more about the work of direct support professionals (DSPs) in your community.

To announce the potential for collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Brownfields Economic Redevelopment and workforce training.

To inform the workforce investment system of the launch of “Transforming Partnerships: How to Apply the U.S. Department of Labor's Equal Treatment and Religion-Related Regulations to Public-Private Partnerships,” an online training course. This course provides a basic framework for understanding the Faith-Based and Community Initiative and its implementation at the U.S. Department of Labor (Department or DOL). Further, this course provides in-depth training on the equal treatment and religion-related regulations; specifically the new equal treatment regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 2, Subpart D, and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) nondiscrimination and programmatic regulations at 29 C.F.R. 37.6(f), 20 C.F.R. 667.266 and 667.275, as well as case law; an understanding of which is crucial to ensure proper implementation of these regulations.