To announce the release of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 Labor Surplus Area (LSA) list. The LSA list is published on the following websites: www.doleta.gov and www.usworkforce.org. It will no longer be published in Area Trends. On December 31, 2001, the list was published in the Federal Register. Unfortunately, the publication contained errors including omission of the City of Miami, Florida; listed Port St. Lucie City, County of St. Lucie Florida in the wrong county and spelled Yuma Arizona as Luma. The FY 2002 list will be republished in the Federal Register, in the near future. The list included on the websites does not contain these errors.

To announce three national education and training sessions on performance reporting and management. These training sessions are intended to introduce and clarify the reporting changes contained in the Workforce Investment Streamlined Performance Reporting (WISPR) System, further enhance states’ ability to report against the common measures and provide a venue for discussing policy questions. Attendees will have the ability to raise issues with federal staff and learn what other states and local areas are doing to support integration by targeting multiple programs. The session will also deal with ways to reduce data validation issues in the workforce system by providing targeted training on common issues, and provide information, clarification, materials and tools to participants to support state and local training efforts.

To announce the UI National Tax Conference that will be held in San Diego, California, August 13 -16, 2007, to request agenda topics, and to encourage participation in the conference.

To announce the release and availability of Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws 2007.

To announce additions to the schedule for FY 2007 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars.

To announce upcoming Technology-Based Learning Forums, during which ETA will share its Technology-Based Learning (TBL) Initiative vision, and explore the use, benefits, and challenges of technology-based learning in the workforce investment system to develop the talents of the American workforce in the 21st century global economy.

To announce the postponement of the Technology-Based Learning (TBL) Regional Forum, scheduled for June 12, 2007 at the FDIC Training Center in Arlington, Virginia.

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.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Notice (TEN) is to announce two recently released policies from the Interagency Council on Access and Mobility and identify how the workforce investment system can link to a newly devised coordinated human services transportation planning process. These coordination policies were promulgated to: (1) promote the participation of federally-assisted grantees in a locally-coordinated human services transportation planning process which would reduce transportation duplication, increase service efficiency, and expand access for populations that face major transportation challenges; and (2) coordinate resources to maximize accessibility and availability of transportation services by encouraging vehicles and rides to be shared with other federally-assisted programs, customers, or other members of the riding public.

As stated in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 6-01, dated November 14, 2001, General Administration Letters have been eliminated as an advisory series.