To provide States with Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Planning Guidance and Instructions for Annual State Plans and planning allocations for fiscal year (FY) 1999.

To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for ail major disasters declared during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1998.

To announce the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/Department of Labor (DOL) Welfare Reform Promising Practices National Conferences.

To transmit the OMB approved changes to the Title II JTPA Quarterly Financial Status Report (JQSR) and instructions for the JQSR for use by the States.

To announce the Department of Labor s (DOL) plans for conducting customer satisfaction surveys of individuals involved in the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYETP).

To transmit Equal Opportunity Guidance Letter (EOGL) No. 4, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor Civil Rights Center on May 18, 1998.

To disseminate copies of the National Association of State Units on Aging s (NASUA) newest publication, Assessing Workforce Development Systems: Benchmarks for Mature and Older Workers.

To transmit changes to the instructions for the JTPA Summary Program Report, ETA 9047.

To provide information on the process of setting performance criteria for key UI performance measures.

To provide specific procedural guidance to States regarding the use of the Conditional Certifications Issued (ETA 9057) and Certification Workload and Characteristics of Certified Individuals (ETA 9058) Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credits quarterly report forms during the authorization lapse effective July 1- September 30, 1998.