The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is pleased to sponsor the first annual Recognition of Excellence on behalf of the nation¿s workforce investment system. To recognize superior employment and training related programs and improve system performance, ETA has established a system to recognize high levels of success by entities managing and partnering with ETA funded programs. ETA recognizes that achieving commendable outcomes requires much more than statutory or regulatory compliance. Therefore, high levels of success should be recognized, and it is ETA¿s hope that this recognition process will facilitate the exponential replication of promising practices throughout the workforce investment system.

To provide the SGA for the Work Incentive Grant program announced in the Federal Register on Thursday, May 25, 2000, and to provide information on the Technical Assistance/Bidders' Conferences scheduled by the Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) on this grant program.

To inform the workforce investment system of changes and edits to the ET 406 Handbook and to announce the availability of version 1.7 of the Labor Exchange Reporting System (LERS) report validation software.

To provide and revise coordinated guidance developed jointly by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Transportation, to assist States and communities in taking full advantage of existing transportation resources available to help move people from welfare to work.

This guidance letter updates the procedures states should follow to apply for WIA Section 503 Incentive Grants.

To provide Model State Legislation and Commentary for States implementing BAA-UC. The Model State Legislation is offered as a guide for States that need to amend their current UC laws, it is not required. The Commentary provides information on the Model State Legislation and will aid States in making policy decisions.

To provide guidance to states with Strategic Five-Year State Plans for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Wagner-Peyser Act that expire in calendar year 2004.

To advise State unemployment compensation (UC) agencies of problems with some employer addresses provided to State and National directories and to encourage the UC agencies to work with State and Federal child support enforcement (CSE) agencies to resolve the problems.

To transmit to States instructions for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 Transition Summer Report (WTSR).

To update examples of employment situations requiring uniform interpretation of localization of work provisions in state laws and to revise and reissue the Interpretation of Localization of Work Provisions.