To announce a distribution of Reed Act funds for Federal fiscal year 1999 and to remind States of the Federal law requirements concerning these distributions.

To provide the States information on the extension of the deadline for application for Title III Demonstration Funds for Incumbent Worker System Building at the State level for Program Year (PY) 1998.

To announce the availability of the WOTC and WtW fax-on-demand service to employers and other interested parties.

To provide updated guidance on intertitle transfers and transfer authority for Titles II and III of JTPA

To provide States with information regarding the enactment of a technical amendment changing the requirements for the obligation of Welfare-to-Work (WtW) formula funds

To distribute annual national data on internal fraud activities reported by State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs).

To announce a new procedure for paying amounts of voluntary withholding to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and encourage States adoption of the procedure.

To transmit the CY 1997 Supplement to ET Handbook 394, Unemployment Insurance Financial Data.

To disseminate proposed performance measures for the Benefit Payment Control (BPC) program to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) and to solicit comments on the proposed measures.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies with guidance upon the reauthorization of the Trade Act of 1974 and the enactment of the FY 1999 Labor/HHS appropriation.