To inform all State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of (a) the availability of the Immigration and Naturalization Service¿s (INS) automated secondary system to verify immigration status of alien claimants and (b) the discontinuation of two access methods for the alien verification process.

To remind state workforce agencies (SWAs) that the procedures for and the use of the Request for Military Document/Information for Unemployment Compensation Purposes UCX, Form ETA 8-43, have not changed, and to provide an updated list of the addresses of State Adjutants General.

To provide additional guidance on the allowable use of administrative funds made available for administering the TEUC Program and to modify the treatment of TEUC administrative funds in the RJM submission.

To solicit state participation in a study to examine the relationship between administrative funding levels and state agencies¿ operational performance.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) instructions for implementing and operating the extension of the TEUC program.

To solicit comments on the proposed definition for the UI Performs core measure, “Facilitate the Reemployment of UI Claimants,” and the approach used for setting the ALP.

To announce Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the extension for the RJM data collection.

To summarize the UI program¿s GPRA performance during FY 2002 and announce the FY 2003 GPRA goals and indicators.

To ensure State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are aware of the revised Remuneration Schedule for the UCX program, which was issued January 31, 2008, based on the January 1, 2008, military pay increase.

To transmit the directory of federal and military agencies that have requested detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data which support the Department of Labor¿s quarterly unemployment compensation billings.