To notify the States of the availability of a new publication -- Job Training Partnership Act 1996 Program Statistics (SPIR Data Book for Program Year 1996).

To provide adjusted 1998 Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) tables for use in determining needs-related payments.

To provide copies of ETA Form 9042, Petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance, and the Spanish version, ETA Form 9042-1, Solicitud de Asistencia Para Ajuste Ocupacional Bajo NAFTA.

To correct dates for the September 21 session.

To explain the flexible use of State and local match in excess of that which is required for the Adult Education Act(AEA) funds in order to meet Welfare-to-Work (WtW) State Formula Grant matching requirements.

To advise State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of plans to upgrade the Interstate Connection (ICON) network and to transmit unemployment insurance (UI) reports data via ICON.

To transmit the new expiration date for reporting requirements approved under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) No. 1205-1207, burden hour estimates for completing petitions, and procedures for classifying Labor Surplus Areas.

To announce Fiscal Year 1998 training seminars for State Employment Security Agency (SESA) BTQ nonmonetary determination personnel.

To remind States of the requirements of the prevailing conditions of work provision of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) and to provide additional guidance.