To announce the Department of Labor's (DOL) plans to conduct an evaluation study of service delivery areas (SDAs) that have successfully integrated year-round and summer employment opportunities in transition from the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

Notice of availability of the UIS Annual Report, comprised of data reported through UI PERFORMS Benefit Accuracy Measurement (BAM), Benefits Timeliness and Quality (BTQ), and Tax Performance System (TPS) for CY 1998.

To announce the publication and distribution of The Lifelong Learning Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report on the Experimental Site.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies with guidance in the event that the TAA and NAFTA-TAA programs' sunset date is not amended before October 1, 1999.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) a guide for using RiskWatch software to conduct a UI Risk Analysis.

To remind States that Canada is a signatory to the Interstate Benefit Payment Plan via an executive agree-ment with the United States, and that all interstate program procedures and policies apply to claims filed from and against Canada under traditional and remote claimstaking procedures.

To transmit a revised Directory of Benefit Payment Control (BPC) Staff.

To transmit the directory of Federal and military agencies that have requested detailed UCFE or UCX benefit payment data which support the Department of Labor quarterly unemployment compensation billings.

To transmit estimated employer contribution rates for 1999.

To alert State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of Y2K preparedness concerns expressed by the Bureau of Public Debt (BPD) in the U.S. Treasury Department, the manager of the UTFAS.