To announce three conferences to be held in November dealing with employment, training and placement of mature, experienced workers; and to invite the participation of workforce development professionals in the employment and training community in those c

To invite the participation of workforce development professionals in the employment and training community to attend one of three multi-regional conferences dealing with the employment and training of mature and experienced workers.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies with the specifications for ADP tasks required to achieve year-2000 compliance for the UI BAM program and to enable the BAM program to include samples of denied claims for unemployment compensation in order to determine if the claims were properly denied.

To alert all SCSEP sponsors to the "Search for America's Oldest Worker." We at the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) are happy to be collaborating with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administratio

To transmit information and policy recommendations to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) that may assist them to improve the quality of reemployment services delivered by Wagner-Peyser service providers to profiled and referred UI claimants.

To announce the extension of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of Form ETA 581, Contribution Operations.

To advise that a copy of the Final Report, "Creating Workforce Development Systems That Work: An Evaluation of the Initial One-Stop Implementation Experience," is being sent under separate cover.

To advise the States of amendments made to Federal law by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 affecting the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) program.

To provide revised program guidance to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) on the payment of TRA and subsistence and transportation allowances when a worker also receives Federal student financial assistance.

To provide information to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) on the Risk Analysis Project Advanced Training.