This notice announces and solicits nominees for a UI Benefit Cost Estimating Seminar to be held May 23-27, 2005, in Tempe, Arizona.

To distribute a report of State Workforce Agencies`(SWAs`) Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax program performance for the quarter ending March 31, 2004, as derived from Form ETA 581, Contribution Operations.

To transmit the Experience Rating Index (ERI) for states for rate year 2003.

To provide State Workforce Agencies with guidelines and key dates for the completion of CY 2004 UI BAM paid and denied claims sample cases and the publication of CY 2004 BAM program data.

To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in computing minimum weekly DUA amounts for all major disasters declared during the third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2005.

To provide guidance for the funding and management of FY 2005 annual grant allocations for the Alien Labor Certification (ALC) program.

To announce the Release and availability of ETA Occasional Paper 2005-02: "The Effects of Customer Choice: First Findings from the Individual Training Account Experiment"

To share best practices and insight from the field about implementing and establishing the Individual Training Account/Eligible Training Provider(ITA/ETP) system through the ITA/ETA Demonstration project report, ETA Occasional Paper 2005-03: "Evaluation of the Individual Training Account/Eligible Training Provider Demonstration: Final Report, recently released on the Internet

To request Workforce Investment Act (WIA) section 166 grantees to submit nominations for consideration by the Secretary of Labor for appoinment to fill expiring terms of membership on the Native American Employment and Training Council (Council).