To provide State Workforce Agencies with guidance regarding the TAA and NAFTA-TAA programs¿ authorization and continued operations.

To issue base workload data and broadband Cost Model minutes per unit (MPU) values for use in the RJM data collection.

To transmit Federal military retired pay due to annual cost of living adjustments (COLAs).

To provide procedural guidance to States for processing requests for certification under the Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit program after the December 31, 2001 expiration. This guidance covers the period January 1 through September 30, 2002, or until further notice.

To announce Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the data collection for RJM.

To transmit information regarding businesses and individuals affected by the activation of reservists in the U.S. Armed Forces.

To transmit guidance and instruction for submitting state performance reports required under the Act. Final submissions must be received by December 1, 2001. Contents of these reports will be released to the appropriate Congressional committees and the public in both print format and on ETA¿s Website.

To announce dates for the subject conference and provide information about the plans under way.

To provide revisions and clarification to technical guidance previously issued to states for reporting participant data required under Title 1B of the Workforce Investment Act. Additionally, to notify states that in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, OMB has granted a 90 day extension to this reporting packet to allow for the collection of data on the quarterly and annual reports, and the WIASRD. This action extends the reporting packet to January 31, 2002.