To announce Workforce Innovations 2007 to be held at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Center, July 17 – 19, 2007.

To provide clarification to states on selected issues identified by the Youth Services WIA Readiness Reviews.

To inform state workforce agencies of a revised and expanded series of BAM PCA/DCA questions and answers available on the Employment and Training Administration Web site, which supersedes questions and answers previously issued in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 28-02 (June 10, 2002) and UIPL No. 45-01 (July 27, 2001).

To announce the Office of Management and Budget¡¯s (OMB) approval on December 17, 2001, of the UI DV Program, provide target dates for the implementation, and provide instructions for implementing the validation program.

To provide the following information for FY 2007: UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To announce the new premier conference for the Employment and Training Administration and for America¡¯s workforce investment professionals, Workforce Innovation 2002. The conference is scheduled for July 9-11, 2002 in Nashville, TN.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title 1B performance and customer satisfaction goals and performance levels for the Wagner-Peyser Act Program for Program Year (PY) 2007 and PY 2008. These negotiated performance goals will be incorporated into the State Strategic Plans for the WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act as part of the modifications states will be making for Years Three and Four of the Strategic Five-Year State Planning cycle.

To provide states and outlying areas with WIA title I Adults and Dislocated Workers and Youth Activities allotments for PY 2002; preliminary planning estimates for PY 2002 public employment service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; Reemployment Services allotments for PY 2002; and the Workforce Information Grants to States for PY 2002.

To inform states and local areas about the phase-out of AJB, scheduled for June 30, 2007, and the transition actions that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is conducting.

To announce the reauthorization of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program and the Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit under the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-147).