To remind States of the Department of Labor's (Department's) interpretation of the "payment when due" requirement of Section 303(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as applied during a continued claim series, and to provide clarification concerning this interpretation.

To inform the state workforce investment system of the opportunity to apply for Secretary`s discretionary National Emergency Grant(NEG) funds, pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title I, Section 173, as amended, to provide employment-related assistance for members of the National Guard and Military Reserves who were required to interrupt or postpone employment-related assistance (including training funded by Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)) in order to fulfill requirements involving deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan or other locations.

To announce the schedule and locations of the FY 2001 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars.

To provide revisions and clarifications to policy guidance previously issued to states and national program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration`s data validation policy, for the following programs: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, Wagner-Peyser Act/Employment Service (ES), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP), Indian and Native American (INA) Program and Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To provide the Department's interpretation, under the Trade Act of 1974 and its implementing regulations, of the conditions under which distance training may be a type of training approvable as classroom training.

To inform the workforce investment system of additional changes to the ET406 Handbook not captured in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No.1-02,Change1.

To provide policy clarification and procedural guidance for the notification process between employers and the State Employment Security Agency (SESA) regarding worker rejection and termination from H-2A temporary agricultural employment.

To transmit to the public workforce investment system a technical assistance booklet,"Guide to a Win-Win Partnership for the Public Workforce Investment System and the Staffing Industry" ("Guide"), containing information about partnering with the staffing industry.

To provide policy clarification and procedural guidance for the notification process between employers and the State Employment Security Agency (SESA) regarding worker rejection and termination from H-2A temporary agricultural emoplyment.

(a) Transmit Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Remployment Services allotments for PY 2004 to State Workforce Agencies(SWAs); (b) Provide guidance and instructions for submittal of a Reemployment Services (RES) plan against that allotment; (c) outline RES plan requirements and submission instructions; (d) Announce an opportunity for up to nine states to voluntarily participate in a demonstration for early implementation of Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs).