To respond to questions concerning implementation of the TEUC program.

To announce the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 funds to improve UI Information Technology Security.

To advise State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the Provisions of Title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 (the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002), to provide instructions for implementing the legislation, and to provide fiscal and reporting instructions.

To inform states of OMB's approval of the ETA 586, Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages, and transmit the new expiration date and the National Office's burden hour estimate for this reporting requirement.

To establish procedures for notifying the IRS and DOL in the event an Indian Tribe fails to make required payments under state UI law.

To provide a new Federal Identification Code (FIC) for the U.S. Bureau of the Census and solicit state cooperation in handling the large influx of claimants expected as a result of the 2010 decennial census.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWA) with guidelines and key dates for the release of UI BAM program data for CY 2001 and to inform SWAs that the Department of Labor will publish BAM program data in the CY 2001 UI PERFORMS Annual Report.

To inform state workforce agencies (SWAs) about an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) initiative related to “questionable employment tax practices” (QETP) and to encourage SWAs to participate in this initiative.

To amend the consolidated list of "acceptable" narrative reasons for separation transmitted in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 3-95 and UIPL No. 3-95, Changes 1, 2, and 3 to include Force Shaping-Voluntary Separation Payment (VSP) as an acceptable narrative reason for separation.

UIPL 31-92 -- Not Issued