To transmit the CY 1999 Supplement to ET Handbook 394, Unemployment Insurance Financial Data.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2005.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies with instructions for coding race and ethnicity data in the BAM DCI.

To announce the schedule for FY 2005 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars

To transmit the entire CY 1999 Supplement to ET Handbook 394, Unemployment Insurance Financial Data, including pages 2,4, and 6 which were inadvertently omitted from previous transmittal..

To provide states with the formula methodology used in developing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 base allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and administration.

To remind State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the importance of NAICS coding, to provide an updated implementation schedule, and to define the State unemployment insurance (UI) program responsibilities for NAICS implementation.

To announce the release and Availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2004-07: The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Initial Post-Intervention Impacts

To announce the recognition of the Youth Development Practitioner Occupation and the development of the Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship

To announce the release and Availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2004-05: The Workforce Investment Act After Five Years: Results from the National Evaluation of the Implementation of WIA