To announce the release and Availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2004-07: The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Initial Post-Intervention Impacts

To provide states with the formula methodology used in developing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 base allocations and to describe the process for requesting additional TAA program reserve funds for training, job search allowances, relocation allowances, and administration.

To announce the schedule for FY 2005 BTQ Nonmonetary Determination Evaluation Training Seminars

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2005.

(a) Transmit Wagner-Peyser (W-P) Remployment Services allotments for PY 2004 to State Workforce Agencies(SWAs); (b) Provide guidance and instructions for submittal of a Reemployment Services (RES) plan against that allotment; (c) outline RES plan requirements and submission instructions; (d) Announce an opportunity for up to nine states to voluntarily participate in a demonstration for early implementation of Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs).

To transmit to the public workforce investment system a technical assistance booklet,"Guide to a Win-Win Partnership for the Public Workforce Investment System and the Staffing Industry" ("Guide"), containing information about partnering with the staffing industry.

To inform the workforce investment system of additional changes to the ET406 Handbook not captured in Training and Employment Guidance Letter No.1-02,Change1.

To provide revisions and clarifications to policy guidance previously issued to states and national program grantees concerning the Employment and Training Administration`s data validation policy, for the following programs: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title IB, Wagner-Peyser Act/Employment Service (ES), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP), Indian and Native American (INA) Program and Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To inform the state workforce investment system of the opportunity to apply for Secretary`s discretionary National Emergency Grant(NEG) funds, pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title I, Section 173, as amended, to provide employment-related assistance for members of the National Guard and Military Reserves who were required to interrupt or postpone employment-related assistance (including training funded by Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)) in order to fulfill requirements involving deployment to Iraq, Afghanistan or other locations.

To advise state workforce agencies (SWAs) of a new format for the Handbook for Interstate Overpayment Recovery and request submission of the states` updated sections concerning their overpayment recovery procedures and contact information.