To provide guidelines for implementation of the Work-Flex waiver authority authorized by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998.

To provide information on the FY 2000 training seminar in Washington, D.C. including hotel and other logistics information for training participants.

To advise States of the elimination of the Claimant/Employer Separation Statement, Form IB-3, and to provide agent State instructions for providing weeks claimed information to liable States on backdated initial claims.

To amend the consolidated list of "acceptable" narrative reasons for separation transmitted in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) No. 3-95 and UIPL No. 3-95, Changes 1 and 2 to include separations from the Army under the Army National Guard Combat Reform Initiative (ANGCRI) program.

To provide States and outlying areas with WIA title I Adults and Dislocated Workers and Youth Activities allotments for PY 2000; and preliminary planning estimates for PY 2000 public employment service (ES) activities, as required by Section 6(b)(5) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with advance information concerning the purchase of new Sun Enterprise Ultra SPARC 10 computer systems.

To provide guidance for the preparation and submission of the PY 2000 Wagner-Peyser Act Agriculture Services Submission in conjunction with the Strategic Five-Year State Plan under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).

To facilitate the provision of employer services to U.S. Armed Forces recruiting offices and to identify military job opportunities to job seekers.

To transmit the subject computation for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the second quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2000.

To provide guidance to States and local areas on how to transition their summer programs to align with WIA requirements by making summer youth employment opportunities part of a comprehensive strategy for youth development. This document also consolidates guidance transmitted through earlier Transition Questions and Answers.