To publicize the local capacity-building conference to be held in St. Louis on August 14-16, 1995.

To provide grantees with the PY 1995 Partnership Plan, new Federal Representative assignments, and a Master Meeting Calendar.

To advise State about the implementation of the new provisions related to requests for waivers of State liability and requests to forego certain debt collection actions against a subrecipient under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).

To announce the production and distribution of the JTPA Title II Eligibility Documentation Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) in multimedia, Compact Disc (CD-ROM) format. This training module is designed for use by employment and training practitioners, especially front-line staff, at their work stations.

To transmit a checklist of current GALs.

To announce: a) the upcoming implementation of networks designed to support a graphical user interface (GUI) environment and X Windows applications running on the SESAs' Sun Microsystems SPARCstation computers; and b) UI SPARCstation computer system upgrades.

To provide adjusted 1995 Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) tables for use in determining needs-related payments.

To announce three RQC implementation meetings for Regional and State RQC Staff. The meetings will be as follows: States in Regions I, II, and III will meet in Washington, D.C., on August 15-17, 1995, States in Regions IV, V, and VI will meet in Charleston, South Carolina, on August 9-11, 1995, and States in Regions VII, VIII, IX, and X will meet in San Diego, California, on September 19-21, 1995.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the Department of Labor's position regarding issues relating to telephone or other electronic methods of processing in the UI program.

To provide further information on the revised ETA 581 and associated activities.