To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2006 annual grant allocations for the Alien Labor Certification (ALC) program.

To provide adjusted funding levels for Program Year (PY) 2005 allotments for the dislocated worker program under WIA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

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 summarize the UI program’s GPRA performance for FY 2005 and announce the FY 2006 GPRA goals and targets.

To provide states and outlying areas with FY 2006 Congressional Recissions for the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs; WIA Title I Adult and Youth Activities Programs Planning Estimates for PY 2006; WIA Title I Dislocated Worker Program Activities allotments for PY 2006; final allotments for PY 2006 public Employment Service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; Workforce Information Grants for PY 2006; and Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Tax Credit allotments for FY 2006.

To inform states that May 26, 2006 is the revised deadline for submittal of designations of ASUs, as defined in the WIA, for PY 2006 Youth and Adult program allotments.

To inform grantees of the circumstances affecting requirements for the PY 2006 State Senior Employment Services Coordination Plan (State Plan).

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

To announce ¬the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 funds to improve UI Information Technology Security.

To inform states and local areas of the expansion of ETA’s strategic vision, (as described in TEGL 3-04, dated July 16, 2004) to serve out-of-school and our most at-risk youth, including Indian and Native American youth and youth with disabilities under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).