To remind States of the requirements of the prevailing conditions of work provision of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) and to provide additional guidance.

To announce Fiscal Year 1998 training seminars for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) BTQ nonmonetary determination personnel.

To advise State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) that new software (ICON-IB6, Release 2) used for processing quarterly bills related to unemployment claims that combine wages from two or more states must be installed and operational with the billing cycle for the quarter ending March 31, 2004. Due to the interaction of states in this process, all states must implement Release 2 of the IB6 model code (or procedures conforming to specifications provided to states not using model code) at the same time.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of plans to upgrade the Interstate Connection (ICON) network and to transmit unemployment insurance (UI) reports data via ICON.

To correct dates for the September 21 session.

UIPL 6-04 - Not Issued

To provide the Department of Labor¿s position on the use of unemployment fund money to repay loans obtained from non-federal sources that were used to pay unemployment compensation (UC) under state law.

To notify state agencies of the availability of files for the RJM data collection and the submission dates for the FY 2006 process.

To announce the increases in social security annuities and federal civilian pensions due to annual cost of living adjustments (COLAs).

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) corrected instructions concerning augmentation of Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation for displaced airline and related workers (TEUC-A) during the transition period.