To announce the rate of interest the U.S. Treasury Department will charge on Title XII advances during calendar year 1996.

To provide States with Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Titles II-A, II-C, and III allotments for PY 1996; and final planning estimates for PY 1996 public employment service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended.

To transmit additional guidance to Attachment G, "JTPA Performance Standards", of Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 4-95, dated February 21, 1996. This Guidance Letter provides additional information on the Secretary's required performance measures and the Secretary's implementing instructions for performance standards for Program Years (PYs) 1996 and 1997 (July 1, 1996-June 30, 1997; July 1, 1997-June 30, 1998).

To provide grantees with updated information on the Payment Management System (PMS) subaccounts for PY 1996 funds.

To transmit the revised allocation levels for the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title IV-A program for Program Year (PY) 1996.

To transmit to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) copies and highlights from the pertinent Federal requirements for managing grants for their Unemployment Insurance (UI) Programs. This is the first in a series of basic program letters that will a

To transmit information to all States on the types of waiver requests that have been received and responded to under the waiver procedures issued in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 7-94, in accordance with the provisions at 20 CFR 627.2

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with guidelines for the annual release of UI BAM program data for CY 1995.

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 third quarter of FY 1996.

To inform the JTPA system of procurement procedures that may be used, given the fact that funding allotments have not been issued or have been issued late.