To announce plans for training seminars for SESA nonmonetary determination staff.

To share with SCSEP sponsors an index of Older Worker Bulletins that continue to be effective.

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 fourth quarter of FY 1997.

To announce a National H-2B Forestry Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana August 26-28, 1997. State and Federal staff involved in administering the H-2B forestry worker program and related activities should plan to attend.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the Department's position on the use of telephone and other electronic methods of claimstaking.

To transmit a copy of the PY 1995 SPIR Data Book (SPIR-- Standardized Program Information Reporting (SPIR) for the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Titles II-A, II-C, III, and Section 204(d)); to announce transmittal of PY 1995 SPIR State Data Books; a

To transmit the recent Federal Register announcement of the proposed revision to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.

To announce the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) grant awards for seven organizations to conduct demonstration programs to address the specific needs of older dislocated workers.

To provide guidance to the employment and training community regarding the Employment and Training Administration's (ETA's) role in implementing the provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 and to

To announce the publication and distribution of a new report -- Employment and Training for America's Homeless: Best Practices Guide. The report was prepared for ETA by James Bell Associates.