To outline special guidelines as part of the H-2B labor certification process for employers who desire to employ tree planters and related reforestation occupations in the United States.

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

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 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.

Last summer, Congress proposed and enacted a rescission of $177.5 million from the WIA Title I dislocated worker program for PY 2001. This notice is to provide to states advance notice of a planned determination by the Secretary of Labor on or before June 28, 2002, of revised Program Year (PY) 2001 allotments for the dislocated worker program under WIA Title I as a result of the congressional rescission contained in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 107-20). In furtherance of the implementation of that rescission, the Employment and Training Administration will revise applicable Notices of Obligation (NOO) on or before June 28, 2002. The President has proposed a supplemental appropriation to restore the amount rescinded from the dislocated worker formula program and that proposal is pending before Congress.

To provide guidance to states and local areas for Program Year 2002 youth services under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998.