To update procedures for State Workforce Agencies and ETA National Processing Centers to process H-2B labor certification applications in non-agricultural occupations.

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

To inform states and local areas about the phase-out of AJB, scheduled for June 30, 2007, and the transition actions that the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is conducting.

To announce the reauthorization of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program under the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-432) and provide procedural guidance to the states for processing requests for certification under the amended program.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title 1B performance and customer satisfaction goals and performance levels for the Wagner-Peyser Act Program for Program Year (PY) 2007 and PY 2008. These negotiated performance goals will be incorporated into the State Strategic Plans for the WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act as part of the modifications states will be making for Years Three and Four of the Strategic Five-Year State Planning cycle.

To provide the following information for FY 2007: UI State Administration base resource allocations, general guidelines for resource planning, above-base funding, and SBRs.

To inform state workforce agencies of a revised and expanded series of BAM PCA/DCA questions and answers available on the Employment and Training Administration Web site, which supersedes questions and answers previously issued in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 28-02 (June 10, 2002) and UIPL No. 45-01 (July 27, 2001).

To announce Workforce Innovations 2007 to be held at the Kansas City, Missouri, Convention Center, July 17 – 19, 2007.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2007 annual plans and grant allocations for the Alien Labor Certification (ALC) programs.

To announce the release and the availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2007-01: “Managing Customers’ Training Choices: Findings from the Individual Training Account Experiment”- Final Report