To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the elimination of the Interstate Continued Claim, Form IB-2, and to provide agent State instructions for providing weeks claimed information to liable States on backdated initial claims.

To provide policy and procedural guidance for making prevailing wage determinations for researchers employed by colleges and universities, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC's) operated by colleges and universities, and certain Feder

To transmit to States the final format and instructions for the JTPA Summary Program Report (JSPR), formerly called the JASPR, (ETA 9047).

To remind States of the responsibility of the State Job Training Coordinating Council (SJTCC) with regard to the Nontraditional Employment for Women Act of 1991.

To announce the completion and distribution of the One-Stop Training and Technical Assistance Resources collection which includes a broad base of curricula and other resources to assist in the One-Stop system building effort.

To provide joint, coordinated guidance to encourage States and communities to take full advantage of existing resources to address the transportation challenge of moving people from welfare to work and to develop seamless, integrated transportation servic

To transmit a list of military addresses for SESAs' use in sending notices of claim filing, and subsequent notices of monetary and nonmonetary determinations to the appropriate branch of the military.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) information on the use of the Treasury UTF On-Line system to complete CWC reimbursement transactions, and to forward interim instructions for reporting those transactions on the ETA 2112.

To advise States of the position currently taken by the IRS with respect to the levy authority on unemployment compensation (UC) provided by the Taxpayers' Relief Act (TPRA) of 1997, and to provide interim instructions for States in handling levy notices.

To provide information about NAUIAB's Annual Conference. The conference will be in Baltimore, Maryland from May 31 through June 4, 1998.