To provide states and outlying areas with FY 2006 Congressional Recissions for the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs; WIA Title I Adult and Youth Activities Programs Planning Estimates for PY 2006; WIA Title I Dislocated Worker Program Activities allotments for PY 2006; final allotments for PY 2006 public Employment Service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended; Workforce Information Grants for PY 2006; and Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Tax Credit allotments for FY 2006.

To summarize the UI program’s GPRA performance for FY 2005 and announce the FY 2006 GPRA goals and targets.

To provide a summary of selected ETA 581 data with associated charts and tables for the QE March 31, 2005.

To request Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Section 166 grantees to submit nominations for consideration by the Secretary of Labor for appointment to fill expiring terms of membership on the Native American Employment and Training Council (Council).

To provide adjusted funding levels for Program Year (PY) 2005 allotments for the dislocated worker program under WIA Title I Section 132(c) on recapture and reallotment.

To provide State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) with both additional information on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Information Technology (IT) security guidelines and the software tool to conduct a security self-assessment of unemployment insurance (UI) computer systems.

To provide State Workforce Agencies with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2005 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2005 BAM program data.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2006.

UIPL 18-06 -- Not Issued

UIPL 17-06 -- Not Issued