To inform States of a planned study of employers use and assessment of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Tax Credit.

To announce the reauthorization of the Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credits under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-170) § 505.

To inform SESAs of the Y2K readiness of the LCCC and the LMIBS Interstate Connection (ICON) applications and Orlando Data Center infrastructure.

To summarize the Denied Claim Accuracy Pilot Project and its findings, indicate how to obtain copies of the Evaluation Report on the project prepared by PRAMM Consulting Group, Inc., and outline plans to implement a nationwide denials accuracy measurement program.

To announce the FY 2000 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars to prepare State Employment Security Agency (SESA) staff to administer the nonmonetary determination evaluation system.

To give State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) instructions for reporting Unemployment Insurance (UI) data if the SESA or National Office SUN Computer system is unavailable due to year 2000 compliancy issues or if SESA internal computer systems fail.

To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2000.

To advise the States of a comprehensive assessment of SEA programs by the Unemployment Insurance Service (UIS).

Purpose. To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) how to report overpayment detection and recovery activities resulting from the "New Hire" systems.