To initiate the FY 2006 SQSP process and to issue supplemental instructions for the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) to use to prepare the FY 2006 SQSP.

To transmit planning guidance on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 166 two-year plan for the PY 2004-2005 Comprehensive Services Program (CSP) and the Supplemental Youth Services Program (SYSP) funding allotments and recommended performance levels for PY 2005.

To announce the availability of NEG funds to help states initiate early community planning to ensure an effective workforce investment system response to worker impact that may result from the closure and realignment actions as a result of BRAC2005 and to provide assistance for workers and spouses affected by BRAC2005 final actions.

Although this TEGL is being provided to all states, only those states that may be affected (as evidenced by the announcement of recommendations of the Secretary of Defense on May 13, 2005) are eligible to apply for NEG funds for this purpose.

To provide:(a) guidance on the rescission of Fiscal Year(FY) 2005 Adult and Dislocated Worker Program formula funds for PY 2004 as required by Public Law(P.L.) 108-447, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, and )b) the Final Planning Allotments for PY 2005 basic labor exchange activities to the states by Section 6(b)(5) of the W-P Act, as amended.

To transmit guidance for the development and management of the PY 2005 Workforce Information Core Products and Services Grant Plan.

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

To provide guidance on meeting the Fiscal Year(FY) 2005 goals for the TAA and NAFTA-TAA programs.

To provide summary performance data of the State Workforce Agencies' (SWAs) Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax programs and announce the posting of detailed performance data on the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA) Web site for the quarter ending (Q/E) June 30, 2004.

To announce the release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2005-05: The Next Generation of Workforce Development Project: A Six-State Policy Academy to Enhance COnnections between Workforce and Economic Development Policy: Final Report. This report prepared by the National Governors Association's Center for Best Practices shares the challenges, experiences, and lessons learned by six state - Idaho,Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia, that participated in this research project.

To advise states of the general principles that apply to the payment of royalties on intellectual property that was created using Federal grant funds