To encourage State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) to implement the Interstate Connection (ICON) frame relay network.

To distribute annual national data on internal fraud activities reported by State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs).

To modify previously provided procedural guidance for increasing efficiency in the permanent labor certification process under current regulations in order to handle increasing workloads with declining staff resources.

To modify previously provided procedural guidance for increasing efficiency in the permanent labor certification process under current regulations in order to handle increasing workloads with declining staff resources.

To transmit instructions on how to access and make electronic updates to the Internal Security (IS) Supervisors Directory.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) that BTQ data are now accessible through the Internet at the Information Technology Support Center (ITSC) website.

To transmit a Guide developed to assist in the administration of JTPA performance standards for Program Years (PYs) 1998 and 1999. This Guide supersedes the "Guide to JTPA Performance Standards for Program Years 1996 and 1997".

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with a new directory of Federal Program Coordinators for Federal unemployment compensation (UC) programs.

To provide a separate Federal identification code for the Bureau of the Census and solicit State cooperation in handling the large influx of claimants expected as a result of the decennial census.

To make State staff aware of the availability of new Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (OES) data and to provide information on how it is to be used in light of the changes to prevailing wage determination practices as promulgated by the recently