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 revised Federal Schedule of Remuneration (UCX) based on the January 1, 2000, military pay increase.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with information on new special salary rates for some Federal civilian employees to assist SESA personnel in completing UCFE Form ES-935, Claimant Statement of Federal Civilian Service.

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.

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 announce the publication of Tests and Other Assessments: Helping You Make Better Career Decisions, the second in a series of Testing and Assessment Guides, initiated based on requests from workforce investment programs.

To inform States of a planned study of employers use and assessment of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Tax Credit.

To announce the reauthorization of the Work Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credits under the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-170) § 505.