To announce Workforce Innovations 2006 to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, July 11 – 13, 2006.

To provide a summary of selected ETA 581 data with associated charts and tables for the QE March 31, 2005.

To provide state workforce agencies (SWAs) information about the training and career development opportunity for Unemployment Insurance (UI) appeals staff scheduled for June 19 - 22, 2006, in San Diego, California; and to encourage staff participation in the conference.

To invite statements of interest and describe the goals of the second round of a national peer-to-peer technical assistance and training project, the National Business Learning Partnership.

To provide organizations interested in the Program Year (PY) 2006 national Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) grantee competition with information related to funding for the grantee transition period from July 1-September 30, 2006.

This notice announces and solicits nominees for a UI Benefit Financing Seminar to be held October 17-20, 2006, in Washington, D.C.

To announce additions to the schedule for FY 2006 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce commencement of a SUTA study to examine state implementation of section 303(k) of the Social Security Act (SSA) in selected states. ETA has contracted with Coffey Communications, LLC (Coffey) of Bethesda, Maryland to conduct the study. The study will examine the status and effectiveness of state actions to meet the requirements of the law and operating guidance, and discuss whether the Secretary of Labor should recommend additional Congressional action to improve the effectiveness of section 303(k) of the SSA.

To announce the release and availability of Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2006.

To remind the workforce investment system of the WIA performance reporting deadlines and timeline for submitting data validation results for the following programs: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, the Wagner-Peyser Act, activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code (Local Veterans Employment Representative and Disabled Veteran Outreach Service programs), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and National Farmworker Jobs (NFJP).