To provide policy clarification and procedural guidance for making prevailing wage determinations for nonagricultural immigration programs subsequent to the implementation of the wage component of the Occupational Employment Statistics program.

To transmit a checklist of current GALs.

To provide logistical, travel and other related information regarding Regional and State staff participation at the National WOTC/W-2-W Training Conference to be held November 18 - 20, 1997, in Kansas City, Missouri.

To promote the SCSEP partnership in the One-Stop Career Center System through support from ETA's Regional offices.

To announce the publication and distribution of a new Simply Better! technical assistance guide, Service by Design.

To provide information on publications containing findings that should be of interest to SCSEP sponsors and the broader workforce development community serving mature, experienced workers.

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 first quarter of FY 1998.

To invite the participation of workforce development professionals in the employment and training community to attend one of three multi-regional conferences dealing with the employment and training of mature and experienced workers.

To announce three conferences to be held in November dealing with employment, training and placement of mature, experienced workers; and to invite the participation of workforce development professionals in the employment and training community in those c

To alert all SCSEP sponsors to the "Search for America's Oldest Worker." We at the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) are happy to be collaborating with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administratio