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) 2003.

To announce a new approach for funding and expanding WRIS.

To establish uniform procedures for state workforce agencies (SWAs) on the preparation, submission, and approval of indirect cost rate proposals and/or cost allocation plans.

To alert states to the expansion of ¡§SUTA Dumping¡¨ into industries other than Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), such as temporary help firms and service organizations, and to recommend possible approaches to help curb this activity.

To clarify how to assign skill levels to jobs when making a prevailing wage determination for foreign labor certification purposes.

To correct the examples provided in TEGL No. 23-01,(see page3, Example (ii) and Example(iv))

To solicit comments from State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) on a proposed operational definition of UI overpayments, and options for a new measure under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) for assessing payment accuracy/integrity.

a) To transmit guidance for submission of modifications to State Strategic Five-Year Plans for title I of the Workforce Investment Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act; b) To encourage use of the modification process to add additional partners to the One-Stop System and move toward unified planning; and c) To announce the reinstatement of the Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of the Strategic Five-Year Plan for title I of the Workforce Investment Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act, i.e., the guidance for stand-alone planning originally issued February 25, 1999.

To inform SWAs of a project to facilitate the exchange of data with the SSA.