To provide updated procedural requirements for the preparation of requests for Title XII advances or voluntary repayments submitted by States. This directive replaces UIPL 48-86 dated July 11, 1986.

To provide preliminary information on the Unemployment Insurance Service's National Meeting for Unemployment Insurance Appeals Management Staff and on the Annual Conference of the National Association of Unemployment Insurance Appellate Boards (NAUIAB). Both of these meetings will be in Detroit, Michigan during the week beginning June 5, 1994.

To transmit a checklist of UIPLs as of October 31, 1990.

To provide State Employment Security Agencies (SESA) with information on new special salary rates for some Federal Civilian employees to assist SESA personnel in completing UCFE Form ES-935, Claimant Statement of Federal Civilian Service.

To inform the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) of the changes to the Drug-Free Workplace regulatory requirements resulting from the Drug-Free Workplace Requirements; Notice and Final Rule, published May 25, 1990, in the Federal Register.

To notify the States of the availability of a new publication -- "Workplace Literacy and the Nation's Unemployed Workers." The report was prepared by ETA staff based on a survey done by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), of Princeton, New Jersey.

1. To announce a grant award to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry for a technical assistance (TA) program to aid SESAs in the design and implementation of Unemployment Insurance PI studies and
   
   
2. To provide information regarding the project work plan, including the TA that the grantee will offer the State agencies during the 18-month grant period.

To notify the States of the availability of a new publication -- "Employment and Training for America`s Homeless: Report on the Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program." The report details the results of an evaluation study of the Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program (JTHDP) conducted pursuant to Section 736 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. It was written under the direction of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) by James Bell Associates, Inc., of Arlington, Va.

To forward the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of State Employment Security Agency (SESA) Federal Program Coordinators.

To notify the States of the availability of a new publication -- Study of the Implementation of EDWAA: Report on the Survey of Substate Areas. The report details results of an evaluation study conducted for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) by Social Policy Research Associates, of Menlo Park, California.