To ensure that 21st century apprenticeship is viewed as a critical post- secondary education and training option available through the One-Stop delivery system for building a skilled and competitive workforce to meet employer demand.

To provide states with the forumla methodology used in developing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 base allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training and job search and relocation allowances.

To notify the States of a one year suspension of the Dislocated Worker earnings measure as a determining factor for PY 2005 incentive awards and sanctions. This notice merely suspends the use of this measure in determining incentive awards for PY 2005; it does not change the policy that will be used to determine incentives and sanctions in future Program Years.

To modify Employment and Training (ET) Handbook 395 to incorporate crossmatches with the NDNH as a mandatory part of the BAM case investigation methodology and to provide State Workforce Agencies with instructions on use of the NDNH as part of BAM audits.

To announce details of two RJM training sessions for state staff.

To announce extension of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of Forms ETA 843 and ETA 841 contained in ET Handbook No. 384, Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) Handbook, Chapter VI, pages 8-21.

To extend the eligibility date the Department of Labor (Department) uses for determining whether RIR re-application requests are timely.

To provide final Fiscal Year 2006 TAA training funds to states and provide guidance on the appropriate use of TAA reserve funds to be used on MIS improvements.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2007.

To announce the extension of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of Form ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-Servicemembers.