To inform the workforce investment system of: 1)a conference sponsored by the United States Department of Education`s Rehabilitation Service Administration (RSA) and the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation to enhance the transition delivery system (from education to employment) for youth with disabilities and, (2) the request for proposals that may be presendted at the conference.

To remind State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) that information sufficient to identify unemployment insurance claimants must be provided to employers in order to permit them to participate in claims processes related to their former employees.

To issue fringe benefits guidelines for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

To inform states and grantees of the Employment and Training Administration`s (ETA) revised policy on common performance measures for Federal job training and employment programs, and rescind Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 15-03.

To inform states of the guidelines for negotiating PY 2005 and PY 2006 WIA title 1B performance and customer satisfaction goals. The negotiated performance goals for these two program years will be included in the WIA and Wagner-Peyser Act State Plans, which are due to ETA by May 31, 2005.

To delineate requirements for the PY 2005 State Senior Employment Services Coordination Plan (State Plan).

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to announce the 2005 Recognition of Excellence (ROE) on behalf of the nation's workforce investment system.

To announce Workforce Innovations 2005: A Declaration of Innovation to be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 11 - 13, 2005

To transmit the Participant Eligibility Guidance for participation in the National Farmworker Jobs Program(NFJP) and the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker(MSFW) Youth Program under Section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

provide expanded Department of Homeland Security FICs and revise FIC 401.