To transmit the revised allocation levels for the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title IV-A program for Program Year (PY) 1996.

To provide grantees with updated information on the Payment Management System (PMS) subaccounts for PY 1996 funds.

To transmit to State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) copies and highlights from the pertinent Federal requirements for managing grants for their Unemployment Insurance (UI) Programs. This is the first in a series of basic program letters that will a

To transmit information to all States on the types of waiver requests that have been received and responded to under the waiver procedures issued in Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) No. 7-94, in accordance with the provisions at 20 CFR 627.2

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) with guidelines for the annual release of UI BAM program data for CY 1995.

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 third quarter of FY 1996.

To inform the JTPA system of procurement procedures that may be used, given the fact that funding allotments have not been issued or have been issued late.

To announce plans for training seminars for SESA and Regional Office appeals personnel and nonmonetary determination personnel.

To transmit 1996 Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) Guidelines. These guidelines are used in determining whether individuals meet the economically disadvantaged criteria set forth in the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).

Annual Conference of the National Association of Unemployment Insurance Appellate Boards in Burlington, Vermont