This guidance letter outlines the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants.

To remind State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the importance of keeping the ICON Central Listing of Vessels up-to-date. The Central Listing of Vessels assists SWAs’ claims-taking staff when unemployment insurance (UI) claims are filed by maritime workers.

To clarify the employer=s requirements to provide transportation reimbursement to workers in the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program.

To announce the grant application process and to transmit guidance for the development and management of the PY 2007 Workforce Information grants to states.

To announce revisions to the FY 2002 UI GPRA goals.

To announce the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Interstate Benefits and Federal Programs Training Conference scheduled to be held September 4 – 7, 2007, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and to encourage state workforce agency staff participation.

To provide suggestions to states regarding administrative uses of the $8 billion Reed Act distribution made on March 13, 2002.

To request Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 166 grantees to submit nominations for consideration by the Secretary of Labor for appointment to fill expiring terms of membership on the Native American Employment and Training Council (Council).

To provide the final planning allotments for PY 2002 basic labor exchange activities to the states, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the W-P Act, as amended, and to announce changes to the Reemployment Services Allotments for PY 2002.

To provide all SCSEP grantees with the notice of proposed revised performance measures policy that will become effective at the beginning of Program Year (PY) 2007 (July 1, 2007), and to describe the process for reaching agreement on PY 2007 performance goals for the designated core measures.