The purpose of this notice is to launch a national dialogue regarding the development of a vision for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program within the workforce development (or one- stop) system.

To provide instructions for processing and coding New York State (NY) job orders using America's Job Bank (AJB) for recruitment of H-2A workers.

To distribute the Employment and Training Administration's proposed Strategic Plan for FY 1998-2002 and to request comments on it.

To distribute the Employment and Training AdministrationÆs request for comments on ETA's proposed Employment and Training Administration's Strategic Plan for FY 1998-2002.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of a temporary procedure allowing the U.S. Army to send to SESAs a copy of an official letter to the Army Personnel Center (ARPERCEN) to use in lieu of a DD Form 215 as an official military document to

To announce the publication and distribution of Region I's Peer-to- Peer Manual, "Peers-Helping-Peers: A Replication Manual for The New England Peer-to-Peer Project."

To clarify operating instructions issued in GAL 7-94, Change 1 regarding applicant processing procedures for workers certified as eligible to apply for benefits under both subchapters A (the Regular TAA program) and D (the NAFTA-TAA Program), of Chapter I

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESA) with guidelines for coding item f11, key week filing method, in the BAM DCI.

To transmit the Department's policy concerning the eligibility of persons in default on Federally guaranteed student loans and/or educational (Pell) grants to participate in programs under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).

To alert states, that the uninterrupted use of the existing WOTC administrative and quarterly reporting forms beyond the listed expiration date of June 30, 1997 is authorized.