This guidance letter and its attachments replace and supersede prior operating procedures and policy guidance within the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) for H-2B certifications in the entertainment industry, including attachments I - IV of ETA Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 4-03 (TEGL 4-03). This letter describes the special procedures in ETA governing the H-2B nonimmigrant labor certification process for temporary positions in the entertainment industry. This TEGL, as revised, identifies the Chicago National Processing Center as the Center designated to issue ETA determinations on applications for certification to employ temporary workers in the entertainment industry which are initially filed by employers with designated Offices Specializing in Entertainment (OSEs) within the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). This is the only substantive change from previous procedures, under which ETA’s New York City, Dallas, and San Francisco Regional Certifying Officers were designated to issue determinations on these applications.

The purpose of this Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) is to provide planning guidelines and instructions to Native American grantees for the development of a strategic two-year Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) plan and Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) plan. Native American entities must submit a two-year plan for meeting the employment training needs of Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians consistent with the purposes described in Section 166 of the Act.

To provide detailed information on the revisions and new submission procedures for the Trade Act Participant Report (TAPR).

To transmit guidance and instruction promoting the consistent integration and use of the web-based WIA Performance Reporting System

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA title I Adults and Dislocated Workers and Youth Activities allotments for PY 2001; preliminary planning estimates for PY 2001 public employment service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; and Reemployment Services allotments for PY 2001

To provide planning estimates and guidance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 WOTC/WtW programs under the Wagner-Peyser Act Annual Funding Agreement.

To provide guidance to Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Formula and Competitive grantees on the provision of the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2001, which allows for a voluntary extension of up to five years from the date of award for all WtW grants. It also provides guidance on several other related issues.

To provide guidance to local areas on how to apply for funds to support planning projects for Local Workforce Investment Boards and Youth Councils to enhance youth connections and access to the One-Stop delivery system.

To transmit a revised Welfare-to-Work (WtW) financial and participant reporting format and corresponding revised instructions for WtW formula grantees.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) that web-based reporting of Standard Form (SF) 269 financial data into the Enterprise Information Management System (EIMS) will be accessible beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2001. This applies to SESA administered Employment and Training Administration (ETA) programs for which SF 269 reporting is currently required. The automation implementation process is set forth in this directive.