To provide information about the partnership between the AWN Toll-Free Help Line (1-877-US-2JOBS) and the Internet-based ASL (www.servicelocator.org) as the two key access points for information about workforce development services available under America's Workforce Network.

To inform States of the Department of Labor's (Department) interpretation of Federal law concerning the "outsourcing" of unemployment compensation (UC) administrative functions.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with information on the implementation of BAM DCA and the inclusion of interstate claims in the BAM paid claims samples. Pending Office of Management and Budget (OMB) information collection approval, SESAs should plan to select DCA samples and include interstate claims in the BAM paid claims samples beginning with batch 200123 (batch ending date June 9, 2001).

To ensure that State Unemployment Insurance (UI) officials are aware of the requirement that Employment and Training (ETA) grantees, including UI grantees, use the official branding logo for America`s Workforce Network on their public materials and to advise SESA's that basic guidelines for the use of the logo will be sent along with the UI grant modification within the next two weeks.

To provide clarification to State Employment Service Agencies with regard to the processing of H-2B temporary applications for limited jobs in the landscaping industry which includes only those activities addressed in this guidance for the 2000-2001 season.

To announce the recognition of the Youth Development Practitioner Occupation and the development of the Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship

To transmit the entire CY 1999 Supplement to ET Handbook 394, Unemployment Insurance Financial Data, including pages 2,4, and 6 which were inadvertently omitted from previous transmittal..

To remind State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the importance of NAICS coding, to provide an updated implementation schedule, and to define the State unemployment insurance (UI) program responsibilities for NAICS implementation.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies with instructions for coding race and ethnicity data in the BAM DCI.

To transmit the CY 1999 Supplement to ET Handbook 394, Unemployment Insurance Financial Data.