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Background. Due to changes in personnel, facilities and agency reorganizations, periodic updates of State agency contacts are necessary. States have provided the names, telephone numbers, facsimile (fax) numbers, and in some cases, E-mail addresses of individuals designated to respond to inquiries from other States about UC tax and TPS issues. This directory reflects information provided through December 1998 and replaces UIPL No. 05-98. Changes. Regional Office (RO) should be notified of directory changes. The RO will forward the changes to the UIS National Office for inclusion in the next directory update. Action Required. All SESAs are requested to ensure that a copy of the attached directory is made available to appropriate staff.

The WIA, the Wagner-Peyser Act, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the Social Security Act, and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Background: The WIA is the first major legislation addressing the nation's job training system in more than 15 years. Under the WIA, the Federal government, States, and local communities are provided with an opportunity to develop a system that provides workers with the information, advice, job search assistance, and training they need to get and keep good jobs. The system established under the WIA will also provide employers with skilled workers. Although the WIA does not amend Federal UI laws, it does require that programs authorized under State UI laws, in accordance with applicable Federal law, be mandatory partners. As a mandatory partner under WIA, State UI programs must make available applicable services to participants, through a One-Stop delivery system. Two related partners are those agencies operating the programs authorized under the Wagner- Peyser Act and title II of the Trade Act of 1974. Also, UI wage records must be made available under the WIA for evaluating performance and creating consumer reports that provide key information on the performance of training and education providers. These data exchanges will be facilitated across States through the electronic wage record interchange system (WRIS) overseen by the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies (ICESA) on behalf of all States. See Attachment B for further information on WRIS. Other provisions of WIA that affect the UI program include: - the authorized use of real property in which the Federal government has acquired equity through UI or Wagner-Peyser administrative grants, or through Reed Act funds; - the establishment of an employment statistics system; - the continued application of the approved training provisions of the JTPA for dislocated workers during the transition period to WIA; and - the UI role in a State's submission of a unified plan. The specific WIA provisions that impact the UI program are described in the attached WIA-UI synopsis (Attachment B). As expressed in the attached policy paper (Attachment A), the Department of Labor strongly encourages maximum involvement of the UI program in the WIA system, including participation in WRIS. As a mandatory partner and as a provider of critical information, the UI system has a significant role under the WIA. Effective Dates: States may voluntarily implement WIA provisions beginning July 1, 1999; however, all States must implement the WIA in its entirety by July 1, 2000. The new Section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as added by Section 309, WIA, to create the employment statistics system, is effective July 1, 1999. The JTPA provisions terminate June 30, 2000. Action: The Department encourages State UI agencies to participate as active partners in the WIA to the maximum possible extent, to amend UI laws as necessary to facilitate use of information for the purposes of the WIA, and to begin participating in WRIS.

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